Zebra shark pups at the Aquarium of the Pacific

Briana Fodor hand-feeds two baby female zebra sharks that were conceived by artificial insemination at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Fern, left, is the mother zebra shark of two baby female zebra sharks that were conceived by artificial insemination at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Briana Fodor hand-feeds one of the two baby female zebra sharks that were conceived by artificial insemination at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Two baby female zebra sharks that were conceived by artificial insemination glide past a viewing window in the nursery pool at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)