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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nMost of the jaguars you see in the wild are spotted, but about 10% of these fierce felines have a coat that looks all black instead. They\u2019re sometimes mistakenly referred to as \u201cblack panthers\u201d, but if you look up close, you can see they are still in fact spotted \u2013 just a whole lot darker than their lighter-colored counterparts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>Jaguars are called \u201capex predators\u201d, which means they\u2019re found at the top of the food chain. They have no natural predators, but that doesn\u2019t mean the living\u2019s always easy! Sadly, in the Osa Peninsula, the loss of old growth forests and the threat of hunting are putting jaguars at risk. That\u2019s where you come in!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re working with the International Conservation Fund (ICF) and Osa Conservation to protect the important Osa Peninsula and its incredible biodiversity. Threats like the destruction of old growth forests and illegal hunting are a challenge, but we can help! Our partners are working with local communities to monitor camera traps for signs of poaching and to restore corridors that help connect the fragmented landscape, but they can\u2019t do it alone.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nHere at Earth Rangers, we think jaguars are pretty cool cats! But besides cool, they\u2019re also big cats \u2013 in fact, they\u2019re the only member of the group of \u201cbig cats\u201d (which includes lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, and cougars) that are found in the Americas. Lucky us! They make their homes in the dense forests […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[931],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-597233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597628,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597233\/revisions\/597628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Head to the Adoptions Section in the Earth Rangers App or visit the Earth Rangers Shop to get your Adoption Kit and help make a difference today!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kit-Preview-720px-Jaguar-ENG.png\")
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