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I may perhaps push "protection" too far sometimes, for it is my hobby just now, but as the lion and the tiger are, I think, the only two non-arboreal cats, I think the tiger stripe agreeing so well with its usual habitat is at least a probable case.
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant
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I may perhaps push “protection” too far sometimes, for it is my hobby just now, but as the lion and the tiger are, I think, the only two non-arboreal cats, I think the tiger stripe agreeing so well with its usual habitat is at least a probable case.
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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Others suggest that the presence of a hockey stick in non-arboreal data and the continued high temperatures (NASA data places 2009 as the second warmest year on record) mean that the general conclusions are solid.
Ars Technica 2010
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