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TIL of the ABC Islands bear, a unique subspecies of grizzly bear found on Admiralty, Baranof and Chichagof islands in Southeast Alaska (known as the ABC islands) Isolated from the mainland these bears look similar to grizzlies but have a unique DNA structure that relates them brown and polar bears

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