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Leatherback Turtle Swims Across Pacific

In this photo released by the World Wildlife Fund Scott Benson left of the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Services helps attach a satellite tracking device to a leatherback turtle at a remote beach in Indonesias Papua province on July 20 2003.  Scien ...
In this photo released by the World Wildlife Fund, Scott Benson, left, of the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Services helps attach a satellite tracking device to a leatherback turtle at a remote beach in Indonesia's Papua province on July 20, 2003. Scientists tracked a leatherback turtle that swam from Indonesia to the U.S. in an epic 20,000-kilometer (13,000-mile) journey as it searched for food, research they hope will boost international efforts to save the endangered species. (AP Photo/World Wildlife Fund, N.J.Tangkepayung)

(AP) -- Scientists tracked a leatherback turtle that swam from Indonesia to Oregon and back to Hawaii in an epic 13,000-mile search for food - research they hope will boost international efforts to save the endangered species.




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