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In the first study investigating the dispositions of tigers in a semiwild setting, researchers surveyed the caretakers of nearly 250 Siberian tigers about the cats’ personality traits.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 4, 2023

Once they’ve heard the commotion, the rest of the semiwild bonobos will soon be here, so my mom decides now is the time.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

Besides the above-mentioned plants, he has probably only a few banana plants, a few ginger plants, some semiwild tomatoes, a little mint11 and, perchance, a few other plants intended for seasoning.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.