Collection of quirky animal group names
When animals gather together they usually are not simply labeled as a group, but usually have distinctive names for the bunch.
Here is list of seemingly unusual names, which evolved over the years, for animals when are together in a social setting.
- shrewdness of apes
- cloud of bats
- grist of bees
- flock of birds
- flutter of butterflies
- train of camels
- army of caterpillars
- clowder of cats
- quiver of cobras
- peep of chickens
- flock of chickens
- intrusion of cockroaches
- herd of cows
- murder of crows
- pod of dolphins
- exaltation of doves
- seething of eels
- charm of finches
- school of fish
- flamboyance of flamingos
- business of flies
- gaggle of geese
- implausibility of gnus
- tribe of goats
- bloat of hippopotami
- cackle of hyenas
- mess of iguanas
- swarm of insects
- smack of jellyfish
- mob of kangaroos
deceit of lapwings- exaltation of larks
- troop of lemurs
- flock of lice
- pride of lions
- mob of meerkats
- troop of monkeys
- parliament of owls
- pandemonium of parrots
- rhumba of rattlesnakes
- murder of ravens
- unkindness of ravens
- crash of rhinoceroses
- murder of rooks
- parliament of rooks
- squabble of seagulls
- shiver of sharks
- troop of shrimp
- audience of squid
- murmuration of starlings
- fever of stingrays
- knot of toads
- gang of turkeys
- volt of vultures
- descent of woodpeckers
- clew of worms
- zeal of zebras
Last, but not least, guess what a group of baboons is commonly referred to?
Hint: they are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all the primates.
If you said a congress, you were right!