The huge one king penguin chick what will be ‘influencer’: eits weight penguin chick It is almost equal to the sum of his parents after just nine months. It has become the largest chick in the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium and a success in social networks.
Pestoa glutton king penguin chickhas achieved fame in Australia and around the world after achieving the 21 kilograms weightalmost as much as the combined weight of his two parents. This famous animal lives in the aquarium Marine life Melbournewhere its unusual size makes it the largest chick ever recorded at the facility.
He is only nine months old and has a voracious appetite that drives him to eat 25 fish per day, Pesto has been largely exceeded the typical weight range of its species, which varies between 8 and 15 kilogramsdepending on the mating season. For comparison: their parents Hudson j Tangothey weigh approx 11 kilograms each.
An army of fans on TikTok and Instagram
Pesto’s success is not only measured in kilos. His fun way of moving and his enormous size made it catapulted to fame on social networks as TikTokwhere videos of him and his caretakers dancing to the beat of pop songs have generated a wave of followers. One of these videos, set to the sound of Katy Perry, has achieved more than just that half a million ‘I like it’almost 2,000 reactions and shared more than 34,500 times.
According to the aquarium Pesto has reached more than 1.9 billion people around the world. IInstagram and TikTok They are full of videos of visitors immortalizing their trip to the aquarium just to meet this new internet star.
Marine life Melbourne local television channel 9 assures that the weight of Pesto is due to a mixture of good genes and care supplied by its parents, although it is expected to lose some weight as it develops its adult feathers. Meanwhile, the penguin He continues to enjoy his star life and his insatiable hunger, while the world follows closely behind him.
With a viral video they confirmed that it is a male penguin
In addition to its impressive weight and impact on social networks, Pesto another medal is being hung, viz the only young one in the aquarium in 2024after no births had taken place in the past year. As he grows, so does his legion of online followers.
His fame has increased especially since ‘gender reveal‘ (gender reveal party) shared by Sea Life Melbourne in speeches. In the viral video they confirmed that it was a male penguin, something that can only be determined in this species with a blood test.
Loose king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) are the second largest species number of penguins, after the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), and are characterized by vibrant orange hues around their ears and chest.
These birds usually grow to a height of one meter and live an average of about 20 years. King penguin colonies are mainly found on the islands surrounding the archipelago Antarcticabut it seems that Pesto has found his own kingdom as star on the internet.