It was on a tiny, remote island archipelago off the coast of Tokyo, Japan, that Ayaka Asada ‘20 met Texas A&M University at Galveston Department of Marine Biology Regents Professor Dr. Randall Davis ten years ago.

The photo Dr. Randall Davis points to is comical. A Weddell seal seems to look questioningly at the camera while a nearly full-sized Sony camcorder in plastic housing is strapped to its head.