The Odyssey of KP2

  U.S. Navy, 34–35, 69–71, 75–77, 89–90, 114, 121–22, 146

  veterinarians, 114, 210, 237

  and KP2’s first days, 28–30, 39, 41–42, 115

  and KP2’s move to lab, 51–52, 75, 82

  and KP2’s poor eyesight, 34, 230

  at Long Marine Lab, 94–96, 115

  See also specific names

  volunteers

  care for KP2 as pup, 28, 30–31, 37–39, 60–61

  of NMFS, 47, 249

  students (UCSC), 85, 89, 95, 98, 122, 124, 194, 211

  Waikiki Aquarium (Oahu, HI), 190, 230

  home to KP2, 55–60, 67–69, 71, 94, 206, 238

  home to monk seals, 50, 211, 253

  KP2 returns to, 253, 259–60, 264–66

  protests held at, 58–59, 67, 174

  Wall Street Journal, 25, 49, 51, 88

  Washington, D.C., 22, 45–46, 50–53, 56, 69, 126, 179, 190, 194

  Weddell seal expedition (Antarctica), 13–21, 33, 54

  Weddell seals, 54, 105, 157–58

  blubber of, 173

  and body heat, 106

  and breathing under water, 14, 16–18

  fish hunting by, 14, 39

  independence of, 29, 39–40

  orphaned as pups, 78

  study of, 14–16, 113, 228

  vocalizations of, 181

  whales, 22–23, 95, 229

  ancestors of, 213–14, 235

  intestines of, 161–62

  killer, 71, 93, 128–29, 145, 154–55, 162, 213–14

  measuring of, 154–55, 172

  and nutrient transfer, 221–22

  sperm, 222, 233–38

  stranding of, 9, 179, 233–38

  study of, 52, 63, 87, 93, 155, 235–38

  World Wildlife Fund (WWF), 129, 218

  Worldwide Waste Reduction Day, 244–48

  Xitco, Mark, 70–72

  YouTube, 25, 48–49, 88

  Zavanelli, Mary, 197–98

  zoos, 29, 97, 128–29, 230