January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day. Really. It was established by Christy Hargrove, a wildlife rehabilitator from North Carolina, to draw attention to the importance of these remarkably widespread creatures. Native to five continents and currently living on six (there"s no Antarctic squirrel), there are about 285 species of squirrels in the world, ranging from the tiny African pygmy squirrel to the Bhutan giant flying squirrel (when in Bhutan, be ready to duck).
Observing a squirrelly day
Today in History
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A stroll above the stratosphere
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Incense making, Vietnam
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Killer whales in Spildra, Norway
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Lei Day
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Bluebells in Hertfordshire, England
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International Sloth Day
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Summer Olympics begin in Paris
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New beginnings
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High seas commerce
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Irohazaka Road in fall, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
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Portland celebrates its bounty
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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Terraced rice fields, Yuanyang County, China
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Travel Sunday: Flamenco in Granada, Andalusia, Spain
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Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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Lion cubs, South Africa
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Blackbird in Essex, England
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A day to celebrate teachers
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Castelmezzano, Italy
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A unique elephant encounter in Nantes
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Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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National Bird Day
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Womens History Month
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Palazzo Zuccari, Rome
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World Bee Day
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J.R.R. Tolkien Day
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Honoring those who served
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Muniellos Nature Reserve
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Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia
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