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The Sea Wolves sets
out to disprove the notion of "the Big Bad Wolf," especially as it is
applied to coastal wolves—a unique strain of wolf that lives in the rainforest
along the Pacific coast of Canada. Genetically distinct from their inland cousins
and from wolves in any other part of the world, coastal wolves can swim like
otters and fish like the bears with whom they share the rainforest. Smaller
than the gray wolves that live on the other side of the Coast Mountains, these
wolves are highly social and fiercely intelligent creatures.
Living in the isolated
wilderness of the Great Bear Rainforest, coastal wolves have also enjoyed a
unique relationship with man. The First Nations people, who have shared their
territory for thousands of years, do not see them as a nuisance species but
instead have long offered the wolf a place of respect and admiration within
their culture.
Illustrated with
almost one hundred of Ian McAllister's magnificent photographs, The Sea Wolves
presents a strong case for the importance of preserving the Great Bear
Rainforest for the wolves, the bears and the other unique creatures that live
there.
Wolves on B.C.'s
islands, mainland genetically different. Heiltsuk people had long known coast
and timber wolves as distinct, with huge differences in behaviour. If you are a
wolf cub on B.C.'s mainland, your parents will feed you moose, deer and beaver,
and will teach you to hunt as you get older. If you are a wolf cub on the
islands off the B.C. coast, salmon will be on heavy rotation at mealtime, and
your parents will teach you to dig clams, catch fish, and get salmon out of
rivers and estuaries. Wolves on B.C.'s outer islands were discovered to have a
diet that is 90 per cent seafood, including salmon, clams and mussels.
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