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
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World Penguin Day
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South Stack Lighthouse, Holy Island, Wales
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Noctilucent clouds
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International Surfing Day
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An ultralight aircraft flying over the sands of Namibia
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International Zebra Day
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Bobbing for crab apples
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White Sands National Park turns 90
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The lights of Paris
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Inside the Oculus
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Life in the slow lane
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International Day for Monuments and Sites
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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World Octopus Day
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Fall for Chile
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Happy Mother’s Day
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A river runs through rice fields
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Presidents Day in America’s front yard
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Short-eared owl
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National Park Service Founders Day
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Great Fountain Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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Festivus
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Aerial view of the Colorado River Delta in Mexico
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Happy Astronomy Day!
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