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 ...
The juvenile King penguin was born at the aquarium in January ... “Pesto currently looks like he is wearing a brown feather boa over a white tuxedo shirt.” Eventually, he will look like ...
Pesto the penguin has begun shedding his brown juvenile feathers and will soon have the more recognisable yellow, white and black colouring of an adult king penguin. Pesto became a global ...
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 ...