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New Orleans: A pair of visually impaired 2-year-old sea lions has joined the four sea lions already at the local zoo. Ayah and Jolee were both malnourished when they were rescued along the California coast in June 2017, according to a news release from the Audubon Zoo. Jolee has cataracts in both eyes and had an injury in her left eye when she was found. She gets around by following Ayah, who lost her left eye to a small-caliber bullet found in her brain after she came to Audubon; it didn’t cause any brain damage, Audubon said. They’re now swimming with 31-year-old Lilli and three 6-year-olds: Huey, Zoey and Roux.