A year and a half ago, neuroscientist Kamilla Souza I received the call she was waiting for: a humpback whale died just offshore.
She wanted her brain.
Souza says it is very little known on the brain of whales and dolphins living in waters off Central and South America. But studying them can teach scientists the interior functioning of these animals – on their behavior and how they are adapted to life underwater.
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