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SYDNEY (Reuters) Pesto the huge king penguin chick has drawn hundreds of visitors to an Australian aquarium, and now the bird can count Katy Perry as one of his biggest fans...
The U.S. pop star, in Melbourne to perform at the Australian Football League Grand Final on Saturday, told Channel Seven she wanted to kiss Pesto during her trip...
Chocolate-brown and fluffy, Pesto is a nine-month-old King penguin who weighs 23.5 kg (52 lb), more than twice the combined weight of his parents...
Like all king penguins, Pesto is non-sexually dimorphic, which means he does not have externally visible traits that distinguish him from female penguins...
Weve been waiting a very long time to find out Pestos gender and the fact that he is a boy is super exciting because our last king penguins that hatched were all female, Smale told Reuters...
