Pesto, the penguin, a viral 50-pound king penguin chick, has become an online sensation with over 1.9 billion views across social media. What has fans so tuned in? Pesto's gender. Fans around the world waited for the momentous occasion when Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium revealed Pesto's gender via Facebook,

Among the sea of glossy black and white penguins that call a popular Australian aquarium home, one baby bird stands out like a sore thumb. Chocolatey brown, obscenely fluffy, and towering a head above his own foster parents – plus weighing more than both combined - is Pesto.

The internet loves big babies - at least according to the fervor around its latest super star, Pesto the seriously huge baby penguin.

Pesto the king penguin chick has waddled his way into the hearts of TikTok users and aquarium goers alike at a whopping 49 pounds, more than his proud parents combined.

At just 9 months old, Pesto the baby king penguin weighs more than both his parents combined: "Our chonky king."

Pesto, a record-breaking king penguin chick at Sea Life Melbourne, has gained fame for his massive size, weighing 22.5 kilogrammes at just nine months old.

Baby animals have always taken the internet by storm — but this time, it’s a massive king penguin chick. Pesto is a 50-pound, nearly three-foot-tall baby penguin who hails from the land down under. Unlike most king penguin chicks,

Pesto is a nine-month-old King penguin living at the Melbourne Aquarium in Australia. He's fluffy and brown like a penguin chick but towers over his parents. Pesto weighs 50 pounds.