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TIL of the Sable Island Horse, a wild species found only on a low lying sandbar in the Atlantic off the cost of Nova Scotia. Released on Sable Island in the 1700s, they have become their own species over time. About 500 horses currently exist and are now legally protected by the Canadian government

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