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AIG Malaysia gets witty with a homewrecker penguin tribute

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A NatGeo video featuring infidel penguins recently made its rounds on the internet, sparking widespread interest and debate as penguins are known to mate for life. One brand however, decided to capitalise on the hype. The result? Witty and hilarious.AIG Malaysia posted an image of a single penguin facing a pair of penguins along a beach with the caption “We can’t save you from homewreckers. But we can save you from wrecked homes.”The post garnered 54 reactions on Facebook and 46 shares, garnering some praise from netizens on the creativity and how clever the move was.In the original homewrecker video, a male penguin comes home to his nest only to find his wife with another penguin. A fight subsequently breaks out between the two male penguins with the homewrecker coming out victorious.A fight breaks out when a husband comes home and finds his wife with another penguin. pic.twitter.com/9ejYGcJ5TJ— Nat Geo Channel (@NatGeoChannel) November 4, 2016NatGeo's tweet and video quickly went viral, getting 255,346 retweets and 313,464 likes on Twitter.It was also picked up by YouTuber Ozzy Man Reviews, who gave a new spin and commentary to the events which unravelled in the video. The video quickly picked up, garnering 390,478 views at the time of writing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtD3MDknavs 

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