feral
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Instead, they come from a naturally mixed population in Southern California, often originating from feral colonies living in trees.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
His first presidential campaign in 2016 was marked by a feral but highly developed gut instinct for what the public wanted, or at least what it thought it wanted.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
The virus is better known in the U.S. for sweeping through dairy herds, where it infected dozens of dairy workers, millions of cows and thousands of wild, feral and domestic mammals.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
They also claimed improved monitoring and "strengthened biosecurity" is needed to prevent any potential spread of disease from feral pigs to domestic animals,
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
“There may very well be feral giraffes and feral hippos living in Tokyo and a polar bear living freely in Calcutta. We just don’t believe there was a tiger living in your lifeboat.”
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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