WEEK IN PHOTOS: Texas Sinkhole, Myanmar Cyclone, More

WEEK IN PHOTOS: Texas Sinkhole, Myanmar Cyclone, More
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Lima, Peru, May 5, 2008—A baby black jaguar paws at the camera at the Huachipa Zoo.

The cub, whose species is native to Central and South America, is only the third jaguar born in captivity in Peru.

The World Conservation Union considers the predator near-threatened due to threats from deforestation and habitat fragmentation.

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