Californians, meet your new state marine reptile: It has white spots, eats its weight in jellyfish and treks across the ocean each year. Gov. Jerry Brown announced Wednesday that he has signed legislation granting the official status to the Pacific leatherback sea turtle. Environmentalists hope the honor will help the world's largest sea turtle avoid the fate of the official state animal, the now-extinct California grizzly bear.
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