Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi took a more diplomatic approach in responding to Dr Mahathir Mohamad, but Mohd Puad Zarkashi did not hold back and added a reptilian twist to the ongoing “predator vs insect” debate.

In a Facebook post, the Umno supreme council member likened his party to a “venomous snake” and the nonagenarian - soon to reach a century - to a “fly”, despite the insect's life cycle lasting no more than a month...