Pesto, the avian answer to the viral hippo Moo Deng, has started to molt. The chick ... adult feathers are taking their place. While king penguin chicks have fluffy, brown down feathers for ...

Pesto the king Penguin chick at SEA Life Melbourne Aquarium has begun molting his fluffy baby feathers, sporting what handlers have dubbed a "full body Mohawk." The young penguin has stunned the ...

Pesto, the fuzzy King penguin and social media sensation from the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia is beginning the natural molting process. It’s completely normal, but the fluffy bird ...

Melbourne’s 50-pound celebrity chick is molting, revealing adult feathers beneath his iconic brown fluff. Here’s what to expect as he waddles into adulthood. Pesto the king penguin was born in ...

Pesto, who lives at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia, is nearing the final stages of his first molt. It’s a crucial phase in a king penguin’s life because it signifies the start of ...

In the comments of Sea Life's latest TikTok — which shows Pesto, mid-molt, waddling inside the King Penguin enclosure — users joked about the viral penguin's new look as his adult appearance ...

The beloved baby penguin Pesto is in his "awkward" phase, molting his downy feathers in favor of adult plumage. Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium They grow up so fast: Pesto, the viral juvenile king ...

The chick has already begun molting its brown feathers, which will then be replaced by the black and white ones typical of king penguins. Keepers at the aquarium anticipate Pesto to drop his baby ...

In a kind of bird puberty, Pesto is losing his baby feathers and adult feathers are taking their place. While king penguin chicks have fluffy, brown down feathers for the first 10 months of their ...

Pesto, who lives at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia, is nearing the final stages of his first molt. It's a crucial phase in a king penguin's life because it signifies the start of ...