A deceased salmon shark awaits dissection during Big Fish Fest at Oregon State University’s PRAX on August 23, 2024, while Mike Gamble (playing electric guitar) and Andrew Jones (playing the cello) warm up for their improv jazz performance together with Machado Mijiga. (Carter Pardue)Members of the Big Fish Lab at Oregon State University dissect a salmon shark in front of a live audience during Big Fish Fest, on August 23, 2024, in Corvallis, OR. The shark washed up deceased on the coast of Port Orford just days prior, and was transported to Corvallis by the Big Fish Lab. (Carter Pardue)Taylor Chapple holds up the heart of a salmon shark being dissected by Reilly Boyt (left) and Maddie English (middle) in front of a live audience during Big Fish Fest on August 23, 2024, at Detrick Concert Hall in Corvallis, OR, while Andrew Jones (playing the cello) and Machado Mijiga (playing the drums) perform a jazz accompaniment. (Carter Pardue)Taylor Chapple educates audience members about shark reproduction while holding the reproductive organs of a salmon shark being dissected by Reilly Boyt (left) and Maddie English (middle) during Big Fish Fest on August 23, 2024, at Detrick Concert Hall in Corvallis, OR. (Carter Pardue)Taylor Chapple educates audience members about studying sharks as researchers from Oregon State University’s Big Fish Lab prepare the dissection of a deceased salmon shark in OSUs Detrick Concert Hall in Corvallis, OR, on August 23, 2024. On the left side of the image, Mike Gamble, Machado Mijiga, and Andrew Jones performed some improv jazz in accompaniment. (Carter Pardue)Audience members watch as researchers from Oregon State University’s Big Fish Lab prepare the dissection of a deceased salmon shark in Oregon State University’s Detrick Concert Hall in Corvallis, OR, on August 23, 2024. (Carter Pardue)Sarah Clarke, of the Portland-based band Outer Orbit, performs in Oregon State University’s Parrish Arts Plaza during Big Fish Fest on August 23, 2024. (Carter Pardue)Outer Orbit, a soul-funk band from Portland, performs in Oregon State University’s Parrish Arts Plaza during Big Fish Fest on August 23, 2024. (Carter Pardue)Maddie English of Oregon State University’s Big Fish Lab presents about data collection regarding shark dietary studies, at OSU’s PRAx building in Corvallis, OR, during Big Fish Fest on August 23, 2024. (Carter Pardue)Heidi Quihuis and her kids Desmond, six, and Gloria Quihuis, four, interact with a spiny dogfish at Oregon State University’s PRAx building, in Corvallis, OR, during Big Fish Fest on August 23, 2024. This family visited from Albany just to make it to this event. (Carter Pardue)