Beloved baby hippo Moo Deng may have won the hearts of the public, but a large, young penguin in Australia is stirring up some cuteness competition. Commenters on Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium’s Instagram page are doting on the animal, calling him a “fluffy king.”
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00:00Pesto here is becoming one of our most popular penguins here at Sea Life.
00:16Now a couple of reasons why is he's a baby penguin.
00:20He was born on the 31st of January this year and he's large and brown and fluffy
00:26and becoming the largest penguin here at Sea Life Melbourne.
00:29Currently clocking in as of this week 22 kilograms.
00:34We only have one baby king penguin this year.
00:38Pesto is about to go through his fledging period.
00:41What this means is he's going to start losing that really adorable baby fluff.
00:46It might take him one to two months to really get rid of it.
00:50Then he'll be nice and sleek and streamlined just like his dad Hudson
00:55with that yellow and orange on the side of the head on their chest
00:58and his lovely black feet as well.