Ari Daniel

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.

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.

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.

Wow. Wow. There before me is arguably the convoluted essence of a humpback whale, the thing that lets it swim and sing and so much more.

Wow. Wow. There before me is arguably the convoluted essence of a humpback whale, the thing that lets it swim and sing and so much more.

Wow. Wow. There before me is arguably the convoluted essence of a humpback whale, the thing that lets it swim and sing and so much more.

Well, Camila says she'd likely be able to work abroad. She's got all this expertise. She has access to these understudied species. She's even done stints abroad. But there's only one place she wants to be, and that's Brazil.

Well, Camila says she'd likely be able to work abroad. She's got all this expertise. She has access to these understudied species. She's even done stints abroad. But there's only one place she wants to be, and that's Brazil.

Well, Camila says she'd likely be able to work abroad. She's got all this expertise. She has access to these understudied species. She's even done stints abroad. But there's only one place she wants to be, and that's Brazil.

People like Hector Mincing, a PhD student in the lab who's developing a fancy tool to model the cetacean brain in 3D. He too wants to contribute to the field from Brazil.

People like Hector Mincing, a PhD student in the lab who's developing a fancy tool to model the cetacean brain in 3D. He too wants to contribute to the field from Brazil.

People like Hector Mincing, a PhD student in the lab who's developing a fancy tool to model the cetacean brain in 3D. He too wants to contribute to the field from Brazil.

My last stop on my trip is a nearby stretch of beach. Camila looks out at the ocean and she considers the trajectory that brought her to this moment.

My last stop on my trip is a nearby stretch of beach. Camila looks out at the ocean and she considers the trajectory that brought her to this moment.