Guardian Australia | Pesto the penguin: 22.5kg chick in Melbourne aquarium set to shed weight after going viral @GuardianAustralia | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 days ago.
A nine-month-old king penguin chick, which weighs 22.5kg, is the largest the Sea Life aquarium in Melbourne has ever seen – in comparison, his foster parents weigh 11kg each.
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Pesto eats 25 to 32 fish a day, says Jacinta Early, the aquarium’s education coordinator, about double the amount adult king penguins typically eat, though she says he's 'not at all considered to be an unhealthy weight'. Pesto is expected to lose weight in the coming weeks as he fledges, or develops his adult feathers

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