Ari Daniel

Camila brings me around to the head.

Okay, it's liquefied.

Okay, it's liquefied.

Okay, it's liquefied.

Right, and that's a challenge in a big country like Brazil. The heat accelerates decomposition, so minutes matter, which means that sometimes Sousa has to extract the brain from an animal right on the beach and put it in preservative.

Right, and that's a challenge in a big country like Brazil. The heat accelerates decomposition, so minutes matter, which means that sometimes Sousa has to extract the brain from an animal right on the beach and put it in preservative.

Right, and that's a challenge in a big country like Brazil. The heat accelerates decomposition, so minutes matter, which means that sometimes Sousa has to extract the brain from an animal right on the beach and put it in preservative.

Precisely.

Precisely.

Precisely.

But Camila's relentless, Daniela Telles told me. Daniela's one of the Orca Institute vets.

But Camila's relentless, Daniela Telles told me. Daniela's one of the Orca Institute vets.

But Camila's relentless, Daniela Telles told me. Daniela's one of the Orca Institute vets.

So whenever the conditions do conspire in her favor, Camila gets herself another brain.

So whenever the conditions do conspire in her favor, Camila gets herself another brain.

So whenever the conditions do conspire in her favor, Camila gets herself another brain.

I did. What do you think I've been building up to, Gina? Ha ha!

I did. What do you think I've been building up to, Gina? Ha ha!

I did. What do you think I've been building up to, Gina? Ha ha!

I follow her next door to her office. This is definitely a refrigerator filled with brains. In this fridge alone, she's got a brain from a pygmy sperm whale, various dolphin species, and more. She lifts a brain out of the largest plastic container. It's from that baby humpback she swam ashore to dissect. And it's twice the size of a human brain.