Yeah, well my dad's THIS big
 - Aptenodytes forsteri

Emperor penguins

Emperor penguins lay the smallest eggs of any bird relative to their body size, just 1.5% of the adult mass, so this means that when first hatched, the chicks are the smallest by relative size of any birds too.

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This picture by Jerome Maison. © 2005 Bonne Pioche Productions / Alliance De Production Cinematographique.
From the Warner Brothers film The March of the Penguins used here by permission of Warner Brothers.