SEA LIFE Melbourne aquarium, home to Pesto the King Penguin, explains why 9-month-old Pesto looks so big, and why the baby bird's impressive size is a good thing.

Move over Moo Deng! The adorable Thai-born baby hippo is seeing his cuteness crown supplanted by a plump penguin. Meet Pesto, the king penguin who resides in an Australian aquarium.

Hatching on 31 January 31, Pesto was the only king penguin chick to hatch at the aquarium this year and the first since 2022, a year when there were six. The reason why there was none last year ...

Pesto the king penguin chick has waddled his way into the hearts of TikTok users and aquarium goers alike at a whopping 49 pounds, more than his proud parents combined.

Pesto the baby penguin is huge — both online and literally speaking. The nine-month-old king penguin, who lives at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia, weighs about 46 pounds. That’s ...

In the wild, king penguins usually begin to fledge—a bird’s first molt, when it loses its downy plumage—around 13 months after they hatch. Pesto, born in January of this year, is a little early.

MELBOURNE, VIC — A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium ...