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CNN 5 Things

5 Good Things: A Big Baby Penguin with an Even Bigger Following

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

We're following Pesto, a baby penguin that's turning heads and charming hearts in Australia. One man is running coast to coast to honor a veteran's last wish. Leaf peeping season is here, and Virginia state parks are making it easier for colorblind visitors to enjoy it. A Miss Universe contestant breaks through an age-old barrier. Plus, this performer is taking the mascot experience to a whole new level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there, we've got your weekly dose of feel-good stories.

0:04.0

We'll tell you about an 81-year-old beauty queen who strutted her stuff for Miss Universe this week.

0:10.0

Plus, how Parks in Wednesday are helping people who are colorblind see nature in a whole new way.

0:16.0

It looks like a highlighter taken to the world, so everything's a bit brighter.

0:21.0

From CNN, I'm Emily Williams, and this is five good things.

0:29.4

If you visit the Penguin enclosure at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia, you'll notice one

0:35.0

Penguin is not like the others.

0:39.8

In a group of black and white King Penguins, pesto is big fluffy and brown.

0:45.0

That's because he's a nine month old chick but pesto is especially big for his age.

0:51.0

This week he weighed in at about 52 pounds. He's probably on the 95th

0:56.7

percentile of a normal King Penguin chick. That's senior Penguin Keeper Emily Thornton.

1:03.6

She calls Pesto their resident superstar because he's recently become internet famous.

1:09.1

We all love a big baby.

1:10.5

Everybody loves a big baby.

1:11.9

So even human babies.

1:14.0

If you have a baby that's big, everyone's like,

1:16.0

oh, it's so cute.

1:17.0

So it's that sort of stuff as well, I think.

1:19.0

The aquarium has posted videos

1:21.0

at pesto on Tik-Tock

1:22.0

where they now have about 104,000 followers.

1:26.0

In one they call Pesto their chunky king.

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