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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Water colors
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Swim city
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Spring comes to Glacier National Park
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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Cousins Day
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A river runs through it
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The mighty, mighty mushroom
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Have fun storming the castle
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Reflections of the night sky
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World Population Day
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Finnish Independence Day
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Azaleas blooming on Hwangmaesan Mountain, South Korea
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Its Halfway Day!
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Indian Independence Day
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
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A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
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Cousins Day
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Wild scene on the Merced River
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International Day of Color
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The puffin-rabbit connection
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Big Bend National Park anniversary
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A crane for good luck in today’s big game
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Astrotourism at its finest
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Ring of fire solar eclipse
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Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California
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Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
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Halemaumau Crater, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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Arrr, it be Talk Like a Pirate Day
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Mackerel forming a bait ball to avoid predators
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Saguaro cacti, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona
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