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The white rhinoceros eats grass and does most of its foraging
at night. During the day, the rhino's main task is to stay cool
and rest. Wallowing holes such as this one are made and maintained
by generations of rhinos who cool off in them and coat themselves
in a protective layer of mud. Sometimes that mud is white, hence
the name "white rhinoceros." Their skin is actually dark gray.
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