Our mascot was a Sea Wolf at the University of Alaska Anchorage 

(and a Fluke for the one year I spent in Junuea… worst idea ever). 

All three years I was a Sea Wolf I didn’t know they were real!

This National Geographic article has a very cool description of an encounter with some and talks more about them (summary: they are distinct from salmon-eating wolves and get 90% of their food from the ocean). 

Another sea creature I’ll have to look for next time we’re paddling in British Columbia or Southeast Alaska! (I didn’t see any in Desolation Sound). 

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/sea-wolves/mcgrath-text