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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Dalyan, Turkey
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International Polar Bear Day
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The moth wonderful time of the year
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Wildcat in a winter wonderland
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The birthplace of a classic Christmas carol
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It’s National Dolphin Day!
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Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
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Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California
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Hey, you two in the front!
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Happy Star Wars Day!
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Aurora borealis
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Happy Pi Day!
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75 years of the United Nations
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My my, it s Syttende Mai
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Modica, Sicily, Italy
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Welcome to the drainpipe of the Pacific
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Behold the blood moon
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Blink and you ll miss it
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Gujō Hachiman Castle, Gifu prefecture, Japan
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Louvre Pyramid
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Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
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Polar Bear Week
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Palazzo Zuccari, Rome
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Tortula moss, Netherlands
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Joshua Tree National Park
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