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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Paradise, found
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Via Krupp, Capri, Italy
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The call of the wild in Alaska
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A house of grand scale(s)
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Golden jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake, Palau
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Harbor and longtail boats at Ko Samui, Thailand
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Irohazaka Road in fall, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
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Great gray owls in their nest, Finland
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J.R.R. Tolkien Day
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Manarola, Cinque Terre National Park, Liguria, Italy
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Waiting for the perfect shot
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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
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Cinco de Mayo
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Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
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Playa del Silencio, Spain
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Christmas market in Leipzig, Germany
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Ring-tailed lemur
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Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
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National Park Week: Everglades National Park
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Grandparents Day
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Happy Boxing Day!
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Here’s why landmarks are going dark
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A look at Uranus, seventh planet from the sun
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A truly American monument
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Merry Christmas!
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