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OK, we realize you come to Dateline Earth for thoughtful analysis of environmental news here and abroad. But, hey, it's Friday. It's the last week of August. So let's just settle for something funny, shall we?

Thanks to Twitter, we discovered something called elephantjournal.com. Before clicking on the link below, you should know that the about-to-be-mentioned Chip Giller is the brilliant guy behind grist.org, one of our favorite enviro-news sites. (Motto: "Gloom and doom with a sense of humor.")
Check it out: http://bit.ly/Lk00b
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