It's a New Year and Moody Gardens is excited to show off their newest member of the team who hatched on New Year's Day back in the South Atlantic exhibit at the Aquarium Pyramid.
It's a baby King Penguin! In just over two weeks the little fella has grown more than 3 times his original size. Born at 192 grams it now weighs 558 grams after two-plus weeks. The baby King Penguin will be ready to feed and swim on its own after about 10 months. The experts at Moody Gardens say it will take about two years before it is fully grown.
The proud parents Astro and Watson have been at Moody Gardens for a while now. Astro was hatched on-site back in 2018, and Watson is an original Moody Gardens King Penguin who has found as an egg back in 1998.