From his "incredible parents" to his favourite food and correcting the record on his mother's name, the handler of Melbourne's famous penguin has revealed what fans should know about the 23kg bird.

Pesto the penguin has taken over the internet as the fluffy baby is capturing hearts. The new social media celebrity has become a star attraction at an Australian aquarium. The king penguin chick went viral for the unusually enormous size and has been racking up views online.

Pesto, who lives at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium in Australia, is a king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), the second largest type of penguin in the world, but he is big even