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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The Colosseum of Rome, Italy
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Racers pushing past sunflowers in the 2018 Tour de France
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Montreux, Switzerland, and all that jazz
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Dashing through the snow
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Black History Month
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Harvest season begins
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World Wildlife Day
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World Penguin Day
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Cheers! It’s National Wine Day
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Going head-to-head with winter
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The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
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Coral Reef Awareness Week
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In the valley of the doll
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Welcome to California
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Oktoberfest begins
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Death Valley National Parks Anniversary
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Under Parisian skies
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Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
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The Zugspitze: Germany s highest point
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2022 Winter Paralympics
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Floating temples in the Land of Smiles
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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International Day of the Tropics
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A fair that s star-studded
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Installation art turns heads
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Lights, camera, Sundance
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Flag Day
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