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Rhino Quiz

1. Black rhinos are highly endangered. Why do poachers kill them?
for meat
for their hides
to use the horn in Asian medicine and for dagger handles

2. What is rhino horn made of?
bone
keratin, like your fingernails
cartilage

3. What is the easiest way to tell the difference between and black rhino and a white rhino?
by the difference in their horns
by the difference in their lips
by the color of the animal

4. The black rhino has a prehensile lip. What does it eat?
leaves, twigs and shrubs
grasses
carrion

5. The mouth of the white rhino has wide flat lips because:
it grazes on grasses
it browses in trees
there is no special reason for it

6. The white rhino is:
smaller than the black rhino
the 2nd largest living land mammal
smaller than a hippo

7. Rhinos have:
good eyesight
poor hearing
an excellent sense of smell

8. Black rhino horns can grow up to about:
53 inches
35 inches
20 inches

9. A white rhino is:
heavier than a black rhino by more than a thousand pounds
has white skin
a solitary animal and agressive animal

10. What is the name of the Nation-wide annual fund-raiser to help black rhinos at a sanctuary in Africa and Indonesia?
Rhino Round-Up
Down on Daggers
Bowling For Rhinos

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