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TIL In the Pacific Northwest there are sea wolves which are a unique subspecies of grey wolf which have a semi-aquatic lifestyle, including a diet that is almost entirely marine-based coming almost entirely from the ocean, and whose DNA differentiates them from inland wolves.

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