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Homewrecking Penguin Causes Utterly Savage Fight

Holy. Crap.
Chris York
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Senior Editor, HuffPost UK

A National Geographic documentary has filmed the moment a penguin returned home to find his wife with another man.

What followed is one of the most savage and depressing encounters ever featured in a nature programme.

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, 2016

Confronted with the choice between her old partner and the new flame she rejects the returning husband.

So he fights for her. And what a fight.

I didn't think a video of a homewrecking penguin would affect me like this, but here we are.

— Lil' Cory From SW 🌊 (@CoryTownes) November 4, 2016
The homewrecker, right.
The homewrecker, right.
National Geographic
The males square off.
The males square off.
National Geographic
The loser, bloodied and now single.
The loser, bloodied and now single.
National Geographic

Predictably, people are a little shaken by the video.

.@NatGeoChannel wyd pic.twitter.com/nK0NhV1pCr

— Alex Medina (@mrmedina) November 4, 2016

@mrmedina lol these penguins ain't loyal

— Justin Forsett (@JForsett) November 5, 2016

The one that pained me pass is that he fought for her a second time, and she still chose the other guy. What is this life really? pic.twitter.com/PLdCMuGx2d

— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) November 5, 2016

@NatGeoChannel pic.twitter.com/pKj6xUwLob

— 🇲🇦 nabilah (@smhmaree) November 4, 2016

Savage.

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