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Whoa there, camel! LOLz!

General Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen) took a trip to France to spread dictatorship publicity for The Dictator.

In full Wadiyan garb, the general perched himself on top of his trusty camel.

But it looks like the camel had other ideas!

Tags: camel, cannes, fall, film, france, general aladeen, movie, sacha baron cohen, the dictator, wadiya

Even though he was rejected by his mama, the French have fallen in love with Loango!

Loango, a white-collared Mangabey is currently being hand reared by zookeepers of Paris' The Menagerie.

Being fed fresh fruits, cooked veggies and bottled milk, his birth is a rare treat for

Tags: france, loango, mangabey, monkey, paris, the menagerie, zoo

Awww…if only they could stay this size forever!

The Sri Lankan leopard is a rarity due to poaching and habitat destruction, so seeing two adorable cubbies is real treat!

The litter of 4 year old Leiah made their debut at La Palmyre Zoo in France.

Now five weeks old, they are in PURRfect, cutie health!

Tags: babies, france, la palmyre zoo, leopard, sri lanka, zoo

This is literally just two cats speaking French.

Maybe in France this is kinda funny, but over here, it's hilarious.

Just the goofy voice and the funny language make this video amazing.

Also the cute cats certainly help a lot.

Tags: amazing, cat, cute cats, cute cute, france, french, funny, hilarious, video

This is soooo mean!!!

Snails in France better run…and run fast!

Most snails in The World Snail Racing Championships don't have a chance of survival. The winner that ends up on the winner's podium gets his (or her) life spared. As for the rest of the snails, though, they end up in cooking pot for escargot!

Can't they all just be winners?? So cruel!

Tags: escargot, france, snails, the world snail racing championships

FYI: Foie gras is a food product made of the liver of a duck or goose that has been specially fattened. This fattening is typically achieved through gavage (force-feeding) corn.

Essentially the core of most foie gras wars stem from the fact that animal rights groups believe that the process of feeding ducks with a funnel inserted in the duck's esophagus is cruel. Proponents of the delicacy argue that ducks do not have a gag reflex and therefore feel no pain from the force feeding.

Popular chef, Linton Hopkins, recently scribed a passionate case for why he chooses to keep foie gras on the menu. He explains that he is deeply committed to sourcing cruelty-free products and has gone through extensive research to ensure that the foie gras he procures is from humanely-treated ducks.

In Brooklyn, Do or Dine restaurant offers foie gras donuts on the menu, a dish that prompted an online petition that has garnered over 1,000 signatures. The petition was started by a woman in Maine.

On the global level, the organizers of a food fair in Cologne, Germany held in October have decided to ban serving foie gras this year, after getting pressured by animal rights groups. Foie gras production is illegal in Germany, but consuming it is allowed. French foie gras producers are not happy about the ban; France's external trade minister said the boycott would have "global repercussions."

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: cruelty, duck, france, gross, illegal, pet, petition, production, research, restaurant

French seagulls are SHADEY!

The camera's owner was visiting Cannes France when this thieving bird jacked his equipment.

Lucky for us the camera recorded the whole thing - including the birds eye view of the city!

We're glad the owner got his camera back. The bird probs would've just pawned it for seed.

Tags: birds, camera, france, french, funny, jack, owner, sea, video