Extremely rare baby sea lions make Omaha zoo debut

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POSTED: THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2015 10:05 AM
By Chris Peters / World-Herald staff writer

Baby sea lions are a pretty rare find. In the past year, only three have been born in 38 American zoos that have the species.

Thanks to a pair of live births in June, the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium has two of the three. And the zoo wants help naming them.

The pups — one male and one female — were born on June 6 and June 8 to different mothers, Gemini and Coco. The half-siblings share a father, Chino.

Zookeepers mostly drained the Owen Sea Lion Pavilion to make parenting easier. Pups are born on the beach.

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A sea lion pup calls out in the Owen Sea Lion Pavilion at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday. Two sea lion pups were born at the zoo on June 6 and 8 to different mothers.

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