httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFKnMCRwNOI

(The nice Vimeos were taken down. Here’s a Youtube double bill.)

Greenpeace is using two equally cute remakes of VW’s own viral ad campaign to encourage the automotive giant to reduce its CO2 emissions.

Doubtless, we can expect one more good one, then three crap prequels in a row.

Greenpeace’s beef appears to stem from a letter to the European Union from Volkswagen and other German car manufacturers on January 26, 2007. In it, the carmakers asked the EU to reconsider proposals of a mandatory target of 120g/km CO2 or less for all new cars sold in Europe from 2012.

Greenpeace claims that as the largest automotive manufacturer in Europe (one in five vehicles sold in Europe are produced by Volkswagen Group), Volkswagen has the ability to have the greatest impact in CO2 emissions.

Greenpeace vs Volkswagen: The Dark Side goes viral (Car Advice)

Remember the great moment in Dune when Paul Atreides rides the giant sandworm, proving himself the chosen leader of the Fremen? No? Never mind.

Here it is anyway in glorious Gummi-Vision™

Explain the creators of this scene:

Crafted from a 2-foot-long gummy worm, Haribo gummy bears, black licorice string, yellow sprinkles, and rock candy crystals!

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF2v32xCD0Y

Remember that sound?

Well, Youtuber Darkfalky used a programme called PaulStretch to slow it down by 700%, thereby creating a lovely theme-tune for your nightmares.

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It seems like no matter where you try to draw the line between animals and people, the animals keep sneaking a paw (or hoof) over. They make tools. They have sex for fun. They commit murder. And, says neuroscientist David Linden, they also like to get high:

Animals in the wild will also voluntarily and repeatedly consume psychoactive plants and fungi. Birds, elephants, and monkeys have all been reported to enthusiastically seek out fruits and berries that have fallen to the ground and undergone natural fermentation to produce alcohol. In Gabon, which lies in the western equatorial region of Africa, boars, elephants, porcupines, and gorillas have all been reported to consume the intoxicating, hallucinogenic iboga plant (Tabernanthe iboga). There is even some evidence that young elephants learn to eat iboga from observing the actions of their elders in the social group. In the highlands of Ethiopia, goats cut the middleman out of the Starbucks business model by munching wild coffee berries and catching a caffeine buzz.

The Compass of Pleasure: Bob Dylan and Siberian Reindeer Agree: Everybody Must Get Stoned (David Linden)

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