The world's first public aquarium opened in May 1853. The brainchild of Philip Henry Gosse, an English naturalist, the London Fish House unveiled in 1859 four seahorses, long believed to be mythical creatures.rnIn a Victorian Britain obsessed with the natural world, these sea-horses-with their equine heads, pouched torsos and curling tails-were an instant hit. It was as if they swam straight from the pages of a fairy-tale. Visitors were soon flocking to see them in aquariums all over Europe and America.
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机译：世界上第一个公共水族馆于1853年5月开业。英国博物学家菲利普·亨利·高斯（Philip Henry Gosse）的创意在1859年推出了四只海马，人们一直认为它们是神话生物。 -马匹-马头，袋状躯干和卷曲的尾巴-立刻受到打击。仿佛他们从童话故事的书页上直游。访客很快涌向欧洲和美洲各地的水族馆中观赏它们。
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