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Providing rich ammunition to any xenophobes who regularly deride the French as ‘a bunch of animals’, this latest video from electro-rock Parisians I AM UN CHIEN !! is one of those brilliantly simple concepts that belies an incredible amount of time and effort.

Having trawled nature documentaries for amusing footage, the band have then attempted to mimic the animals’ motions and poses – often quite brilliantly. The sheer amount of shots makes the mind boggle as to how long it must have taken to put together, especially seeing as the colours, brightness and angles are often surprisingly well-matched, but considering it’s one of the most inventive and amusing videos we’ve seen this year you have to say it was worth the effort….