The Odyssey of KP2
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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