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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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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Groundhog Day
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Gaztelugatxe at sunset, Basque Country, Spain
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World Book Day
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Wyoming celebrates its statehood
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Corona Arch near Moab, Utah
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The globe skimmers return
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Chilling out in the Arctic
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Celebrating Flag Day
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International Day of Human Space Flight
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Humming along
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Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
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Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?
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A lunar lantern celebration
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Mute swan
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African buffalo, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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Flag Day
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Nazaré Lighthouse
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Harvest season begins
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New York City Marathon
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Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California
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World Jellyfish Day
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World Wildlife Day
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Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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European Day of Parks
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Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand
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