King Penguin Baby Looks Like Fear (PHOTO)

This photo gives a whole new meaning to scary-cute.

Born on April 9 in Galveston, Texas to mother "Chilly Willy," the penguin chick weighed in at just 198 grams. Now it has already grown to 1.3 pounds, the Houston Chronicle reports.

The bird will be named in a few months, once blood tests determine its gender, according to the paper.

“Out of all the attractions that we have here the aquarium is the most popular,” Gardens spokesperson Jerri Hamachek told the Chronicle. “Out of the aquarium exhibits, penguins are the most popular. They are active and fun birds to watch.”

Lets hope this little guy is luckier than this penguin from Sea World Australia who was stolen by drunken thieves and then later dropped off at a "nearby waterway known to have sharks." Poor penguin!

If you like this, check out this video of a Gentoo penguin born at the Melbourne Aquarium. Too cute!

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Comments

[Kim0330]

01:22 PM on 04/27/2012

Aww, it's cute!

[FTracy3]

09:20 PM on 04/25/2012

Enough about Helen Thomas, already.

[Gas-Bag]

06:42 PM on 04/25/2012

Lovable little wretch, I'll take him. I saw some baby geese today, I had to stand and watch for a while. It's good for the soul to observe spring, it is for me anyway.

[PunKinPai]

01:01 PM on 04/25/2012

What, dear headline writer, does fear look like? I'm pretty sure it's not a baby penguin.

[Nancy Jo Daly]

02:52 PM on 04/25/2012

I didn't understand it either. But have you noticed the quality of writing plummet lately? Apparently you do not have to master English in order to use it to write a column.

[PunKinPai]

03:59 PM on 04/25/2012

Oh yeah, I've noticed that, along with an increase in salacious and misleading headlines created just to garner clicks. AOL has apparently eaten HP.

[Kim0330]

01:22 PM on 04/27/2012

I was wondering the same exact thing.

[CT Lady]

12:26 PM on 04/25/2012

Oh, sweet little guy/gal just needs to grow up and grow fur.

[connman250]

12:00 PM on 04/25/2012

He looks like Obama after seen the latest gas price increases.

[doctordoubt]

01:53 PM on 04/26/2012

More like J Brewer anytime

[Tamera Wheatley]

11:37 AM on 04/25/2012

Cute!

[MJinCanada]

11:19 AM on 04/25/2012

He's got the terrifying look of a hungry teenager, all right.

[guitartapper]

10:41 AM on 04/25/2012

Tim Burton gots to get one of dees;)

[LabRat]

09:42 AM on 04/25/2012

The face only a mother could love!

He may not be a cutie but he is so ugly he's sort of cute.

[czs5056]

08:32 AM on 04/25/2012

brother, is that you? looks just like me (he is the pretty one)

[karen lyons kalmenson]

07:09 AM on 04/25/2012

i think this baby is adorable, so there...pffffffffffffffffffft;-D

[greekfish101]

09:35 PM on 04/24/2012

Looks a bit similar to Cthulhu as a thumbnail

[HowthCastle]

01:25 AM on 04/25/2012

Lookout, Justin!

[Sunwyn Ravenwood]

06:37 AM on 04/25/2012

Watch out, the Campus Crusade for Cthullu will punish you for blasphemy, that creature doesn't even have ONE tentacle...

[greekfish101]

10:49 AM on 04/25/2012

I meant that the beak looked like tentacles when I saw the thumbnail for the story