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There’s a certain amount of controversy that always surrounds aquariums, but the latest show at the Vancouver Aquarium can’t be accused of exploiting wild animals. All of the creatures featured in their Sea Monsters Revealed exhibition are long dead. In fact, they’re preserved using the plastination technique made famous (or infamous) by Body Worlds, which displayed dissected human bodies in a selection of lifelike poses.

Among the exhibits at the show are a sunfish, a Humboldt squid, a moray eel, a goliath grouper, and a five-metre-long mako shark. Visitors are invited to take a close look at the innards of the fish—as well as their last meals in their stomachs.

A total of 100 aquatic specimens are being exhibited at Sea Monsters Revealed, which runs until September 7th.