Behind the scenes at the California Academy of Sciences, baby potbellied seahorses roamed a tall, bubbling tank. They used their prehensile tails to cling to seagrass and to one another. The babies were small and slim as a finger, but as adults, they’d grow that eponymous potbelly, and wobble about, on display in the Academy’s Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco. When a keeper approached the tank, the youngsters rushed to the glass, then swam up to the surface, expecting a meal. These fish were living the good life. They were the lucky ones.
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