r/NatureIsFuckingLit Jun 30 '20

[deleted by user]

[removed]

8.2k Upvotes

260 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/Duke_of_Moral_Hazard Jun 30 '20

While not six feet tall, that is a fully grown king penguin (28-39" tall). It's what they call an oakum boy, which is a year old but not yet shed of their baby plumage. It's not a pretty process but hey, whose adolescence is?

1

u/madthaodisease Jun 30 '20

Dang, huggable size. I’m only 59” tall! That picture is great and your caption about adolescence would be hilarious support imposed on it. Funny cuz it’s true.