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Elephant checkups


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Elephant play-by-play


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Telling elephants apart


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What's up with those fences?


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Elephants going butt to butt


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Elephant crossing bridge


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Elephant window


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Elephant window


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Elephant window


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Elephant checkups


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Elephant checkups


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Elephant neighbors


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Elephant neighbors


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The elephants are back at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

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The African Elephant Crossing is dedicated to these majestic animals and provides them with stimulating surroundings similar to their native savanna.
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There are five elephants in the exhibit: Jo, the matriarch; Moshi, the independent one; Martika, the playful one; Shenga, the social one; Willy, the first bull.  
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Willy has one tusk, and will certainly be the largest animal ever on exhibit at the zoo. He is 11-feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 13,000 pounds.
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Elephant playwall


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Willy is the first adult male elephant in Cleveland since 1962.
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He came from Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Fla.
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