January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day. Really. It was established by Christy Hargrove, a wildlife rehabilitator from North Carolina, to draw attention to the importance of these remarkably widespread creatures. Native to five continents and currently living on six (there"s no Antarctic squirrel), there are about 285 species of squirrels in the world, ranging from the tiny African pygmy squirrel to the Bhutan giant flying squirrel (when in Bhutan, be ready to duck).
Observing a squirrelly day
Today in History
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Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China
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White Sands National Park turns 90
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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Dark Sky Week
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Remembering Krakatoa
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International Day for Biological Diversity
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Who s hiding in the kelp?
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World Water Day
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World Bicycle Day
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A snuggling ball of cute
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Manatee Appreciation Day
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Jeju Island, South Korea
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Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany
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Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
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What the hay?
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Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Spain
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1, 1, 2, 3: It s Fibonacci Day!
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Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
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Keyholes to the kingdom
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World Lion Day
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Golling Waterfall, Salzburg, Austria
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Twosday
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A duckling swimming in a water meadow, Suffolk, England
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International Day for Biological Diversity
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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World Book Day
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US Coast Guard: Protecting us for 105 years
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Modica, Sicily, Italy
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Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England
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