WATCH: Pesto the giant penguin steals hearts at Melbourne Aquarium

Pesto, a massive king penguin chick at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, has become a social media sensation.

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00:00We have the education team here.

00:03Why don't we do a quick talk about our penguins in this display here.

00:08Now it is extremely difficult to tell the penguins apart just by looking at them.

00:13They all kind of look the same.

00:15Well, Fresh Pesto here is becoming one of our most popular penguins here at Sea Life.

00:20Now a couple of reasons why is he's a baby penguin.

00:24He was born on the 31st of January this year

00:27and he's large and brown and fluffy and becoming the largest penguin here at Sea Life Melbourne.

00:33Currently clocking in as of this week 22 kilograms.