Ari Daniel

By the time Camila and her colleagues arrive on the scene by boat, the whale has washed ashore on a tiny island. And they have a problem. They can only get so close without running aground.

By the time Camila and her colleagues arrive on the scene by boat, the whale has washed ashore on a tiny island. And they have a problem. They can only get so close without running aground.

So Camila grabs her scalpel and saw and swims to shore.

So Camila grabs her scalpel and saw and swims to shore.

So Camila grabs her scalpel and saw and swims to shore.

She swims. She really wants that brain. Wow. She gets to the beach, and she's totally soaked. But she whips out her tools, and after a couple of hours, she manages to extract the fresh, intact brain from the recently deceased whale.

She swims. She really wants that brain. Wow. She gets to the beach, and she's totally soaked. But she whips out her tools, and after a couple of hours, she manages to extract the fresh, intact brain from the recently deceased whale.

She swims. She really wants that brain. Wow. She gets to the beach, and she's totally soaked. But she whips out her tools, and after a couple of hours, she manages to extract the fresh, intact brain from the recently deceased whale.

She is elated.

She is elated.

She is elated.

Camila brings it back to her lab where it joins the ranks of what she says has become the largest collection of whale and dolphin brains in all of Latin America.

Camila brings it back to her lab where it joins the ranks of what she says has become the largest collection of whale and dolphin brains in all of Latin America.

Camila brings it back to her lab where it joins the ranks of what she says has become the largest collection of whale and dolphin brains in all of Latin America.

And how she's recruiting a new generation of Brazilian researchers to roll up their sleeves to join her.

And how she's recruiting a new generation of Brazilian researchers to roll up their sleeves to join her.

And how she's recruiting a new generation of Brazilian researchers to roll up their sleeves to join her.

I'm Ari Daniel.

I'm Ari Daniel.

I'm Ari Daniel.