Honestly, we"re not sure who decided that July 24 was Cousins Day, but we"re all for it—and these meerkats look like they are too. A clan (also called a mob, gang, or manor) usually contains about 20 or 30 meerkats, but some extended families have 50 or more. Females can detect the odor of their kin and use it to avoid inbreeding. They’re native to southern Africa, including the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, which is where this clan was photographed.
Can you see the family resemblance?
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
World Philosophy Day
-
Corjuem Fort in Goa, India
-
Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia
-
Blackbird in Essex, England
-
Dragons Eye, Uttakleiv Beach, Norway
-
World Penguin Day
-
Blue Lagoon spa, Grindavík, Iceland
-
Westerheversand Lighthouse
-
Tower Bridge, London, England
-
International Day for Biological Diversity
-
Barracudas at Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
-
A national icon
-
Swimming with the sea cows
-
Huntington Beach Pier, California, at sunset
-
World Giraffe Day
-
Christmas comes to New York City
-
It s Independence Day in Mexico
-
Common clownfish in a sea anemone, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
-
A goldie gala
-
Antarctica Day
-
Flag Day
-
Exploring the Pearl of the Atlantic
-
A plot was afoot
-
A view fit for a queen
-
Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
-
A river runs through it
-
Great white egret, Upper Bavaria, Germany
-
Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
-
Endangered Species Day
-
Kalalau Beach on the Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

