PETALING JAYA, July 28 -- A viral clip of two giant monitor lizards duking it out at a Covid-19 assessment centre parking lot has become a source of amusement to Malaysians online.

And no, they were not fighting over a parking spot.

The pair of reptiles that were locked in a hugging position was recorded in a Twitter video that has been watched more than 666,000 times at the time of writing.

Although most viewers assumed the animals were embracing, male monitor lizards are known to fight over females and territory by standing upright and swaying side to side.

Malaysian social media users had a field day after watching the clip and flooded the tweet's comments section with a barrage of hilarious responses befitting for the times we liv...