Sea World animal care supervisor Keith Yip sits with J.J., a California gray whale, on the way out to her release site off of Point Loma, Ca., Tuesday, March 31, 1998.  J.J. may survive her life in the ocean, but no one will really know for sure.  The gray whale, rescued as a sick infant and raised in captivity, shed both her transmitter packs in less than three days at sea, Sea World spokeswoman Jonna Rae Bartges said Friday. (AP photo/The San Diego Tribune Union, John Gibbons) Photo: AP