After reaching stardom in September, the king penguin chick is beginning to shed his brown feathers in exchange for new waterproof ones as he transitions into adulthood. Pesto, who lives at the ...

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.

He ‘looks like he is wearing a brown feather boa over a white tuxedo shirt.' ...

Pesto, the avian answer to the viral hippo Moo Deng, has started to molt. The chick, who lives at Australia’s SEA Life Melbourne Aquarium, has started to fledge. In a kind of bird puberty, Pesto is ...

Pesto resides at the Australian aquarium.Pesto, the largest chick the aquarium has ever welcomed, will continue to lose his ...

“As Pesto sheds his juvenile feathers and develops his sleek, waterproof adult plumage, he’s beginning to look more like an ...

Growing these new feathers will allow Pesto to eventually swim. While king penguin chicks' brown feathers are insulating, they are not waterproof, which is where their adult plumage comes in handy.

After reaching stardom in September, the king penguin chick is beginning to shed his brown feathers in exchange for new waterproof ones as he transitions into adulthood. Pesto, who lives at the ...