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Rare Photos Show Jaguars At Palm Oil Plant

Wild jaguars and their cubs are making their way into oil palm production areas in Colombia.

Images of the jaguars were snapped by camera traps set to gather information about the impact of Colombia’s growing oil palm plantations on jaguars.

Palm oil is extracted from the fruit of the palm oil tree. The oil is a common cooking ingredient in Africa, Asia and parts of South America. Its increasing use in the commercial food industry in other parts of the world is mostly due to its low cost and its trans fat free qualities. But in parts of Indonesia, the removal of trees to make room for oil-palm has resulted in the loss of the natural habitat of the orangutan.

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