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What are These Animals Doing in the Water? (Slideshow)

Photo via The Telegraph Fish aren’t the only creatures that like spending time in the water: From the bovines of the Bahamas’ Pig Beach and the water-loving Turkish Van cat to swimming orangutans, see more mammals unexpectedly jumping into oceans, rivers, lakes, and pools for a dip.

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What are These Animals Doing in the Water? (Slideshow)

High-Tech Trash Bins Rat Out Residents Who Refuse to Recycle

Photo via orphanjones Cleveland residents are about to get an extra incentive to recycle — if they don’t, their trash bins will tattletale and they’ll be slapped with a $100 fine. The city is starting a new program that features trash bins embedded with microchips. If the recycling cart isn’t rolled out to the curb on a regular basis, trash collectors are prompted to go through the bins to make sure recyclables are being sorted correctly. If they’re not, the residents will pay for their laziness. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Share and Share Alike: Can You Trust a Peer-To-Peer Rental System?

Ann Kadet of The Wall Street Journal looks at some of the new product service systems that are popping up, letting people live with less. She notes: “New Yorkers have always been big on sharing. It’s not that we can’t afford to buy our own stuff, it’s more that we just don’t have room for it.” She exposes the WSJ readership to Freecycle, the new SoBi (

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