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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Grand finish of Le Tour
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National Hug Day
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Holidays in the Venetian Lagoon
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Wandering Watkins Glen
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Midnight sun
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A tower of light
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Muir Woods National Monument anniversary
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Groundhog Day
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Sand dunes in the Sahara, Algeria
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First day of summer
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Infinity Day
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Let s face it: It s World Emoji Day
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A temple, preserved
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Least chipmunk, Kootenai National Forest, Montana
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World Penguin Day
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Red skies at Ruby Beach
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Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
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Watson Lake in Granite Dells, Arizona
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International Kissing Day
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Going with the floe
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Happy World Whale Day!
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Ring-tailed lemur
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The Sonoran Desert, Arizona
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Apples ready for harvest in Minnesota
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Here comes summer
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It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball
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