Thursday, December 31, 2009

Animal collectives

Something that has always fascinated me are names of groups of animals. There are lots more than these, but here are some of my favorites. All of these are real, you can check online if you want.

A shrewdness of apes
A cete of badgers
A battery of barracudas
A sleuth of bears
A sounder of boars
A chain of bobolinks
A wake of buzzards
A pounce of cats
A coalition of cheetahs
A quiver of cobras
A murder of crows
A pod of dolphins
A pitying of doves
A convocation of eagles
A seething of eels
A busyness of ferrets
A flamboyance of flamingos
A company of foxes
A gaggle of geese
A troubling of goldfish
A charm of hummingbirds
A cackle of hyenas
An exultation of larks
A leap of leopards
A pride of lions
A raft of otters
A parliament of owls
A pandemonium of parrots
An ostentation of peacocks
A crash of rhinos
A boogle of weasels
A chime of wrens
A dazzle of zebras

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