Animals live in groups to manage a delicate balance between the prey and the predators. Whether it's to find food, protect themselves or raise their young, animals live and work together in amazing ways.
"Group of Honeybees do a special dance to tell their hive mates where to find food. A group of ground squirrels will rush a threatening snake and throw sand in its face. Babysitter flamingos watch over hundreds of chicks while the mothers are away hunting"(Ref: ANIMALS GROUPS by Etta Kaner)
Yes,the team work works! Let us explore how we humans beautifully named such groups:
"That's wonderful. It reminds me of those old lists of collective nouns -- the proper name for a group of animals, e.g. a troop of kangaroos, a school of fish, a pride of lions. Those are the ones that have made it into everyday speech, but there are more outlandish ones as you dig deeper; a smack of jellyfish, a crash of rhinos, a clowder of cats (but a kindle of kittens), a shrewdness of apes. And once you start getting into the bird kingdom, it just gets crazy: an unkindness of ravens, an exaltation of larks....." (as commented by Jack PDB on my topic THE SOUNDS OF SPECIES)
ANIMAL GROUP (Collective Names) | |
Antelope: | A herd of antelope |
Ant: | A colony or An army of ants |
Ape: | A shrewdness of apes |
Baboons: | A troop of baboons |
Bacteria: | A culture of bacteria |
Badger: | A cete of badgers |
Bass: | A shoal of bass |
Bear: | A sleuth or sloth of bears |
Beaver: | A colony of beavers |
Bee: | A swarm, grist or hive of bees |
Bird: | A flock, flight, congregation or volery of birds |
Boar: | A sounder of boars |
Buffalo: | A herd of buffalo |
Buck: | A brace or clash of bucks |
Caterpillar: | An army of caterpillars |
Cat: | A clowder or clutter of cats |
Cattle: | A herd or drove of cattle |
Chicken: | A brood or peep of chickens |
Chicks: | A clutch or chattering of chicks |
Clam: | A bed of clams |
Cobra: | A quiver of cobras |
Cockroach: | An intrusion of cockroaches |
Colt: | A rag of colts |
Cow: | A kine of cows (twelve cows are A flink) |
Coyote: | A band of coyote |
Crane: | A sedge or siege of cranes |
Crocodile: | A float of crocodiles |
Crow: | A murder of crows |
Cub: | A litter of cubs |
Curlew: | A herd of curlews |
Cur: | A cowardice of curs |
Deer: | A herd of deer |
Dog: | A pack of dogs |
Donkey: | A herd or pace of asses |
Dove: | A dule of doves |
Duck: | A brace, paddling or team of ducks |
Elephant: | A herd of elephants |
Seal: | A pod of elephant seals |
Elk: | A gang of elks |
Emus: | A mob of emus |
Ferret: | A business or flensing of ferrets |
Finches: | A charm of finches |
Fish: | A school, shoal, run, haul, catch of fish |
Fly: | A swarm or business of flies |
Fox: | A skulk or leash of foxes |
Frog: | An army or colony of frogs |
Geese: | A flock, gaggle or skein (in flight) of geese |
Giraffe: | A tower of giraffes/giraffe |
Gnat: | A cloud or horde of gnats |
Goat: | A herd, tribe or trip goats |
Goldfince: | A charm of goldfinches |
Gorilla: | A band of gorillas |
Goldfish: | A troubling of goldfish/goldfishes |
Greyhound: | A leash of greyhounds |
Hare: | A down or husk of hares |
Hawk: | A cast or kettle of hawks |
Hen: | A brood of hens |
Heron: | A hedge of herons |
Hippopotamus: | A bloat of hippopotamuses /hippopotami |
Hog: | A drift, or parcel of hogs |
Horse: | A team, pair or harras of horses |
Hound: | A pack, mute or cry of hounds |
Jellyfish: | A smack of jellyfish |
Kangaroo: | A troop or mob of kangaroos |
Kitten: | A kindle or litter of kittens |
Lark: | An ascension or exaltations of larks |
Leopard: | A leap (leep) of leopards |
Lion: | A pride of lions |
Locust: | A plague of locusts |
Magpie: | A tiding of magpies |
Mallard: | A sord of mallards |
Mare: | A stud of mares |
Marten: | A richness of martens |
Mole: | A labour of moles |
Monkey: | A troop of monkeys |
Moose: | A herd of moose |
Mouse: | A mischief of mice |
Mule: | A barren or span of mules |
Owls: | A parliament of owls |
Otter: | A romp of otters |
Oxen: | A yoke, drove, team or herd of oxen |
Oyster: | A bed of oysters |
Parrot: | A company of parrots |
Partridge: | A covey of partridges |
Peacock: | A muster, pride or ostentation of peacocks |
Peep: | A litter of peeps |
Penguin: | A colony, parcel or huddle of penguins |
Pheasant: | A nest, nide (nye) or bouquet of |
Pigeon: | A flock or flight of pigeons |
Pig: | A litter of pigs |
Plover: | A wing or congregation of plovers |
Pony: | A string of ponies |
Porpoise: | A pod of porpoises |
Quail: | A covey or bevy of quail |
Rabbit: | A nest of rabbits |
Rat: | A pack or swarm of rats |
Rattlesnake: | A rhumba of rattlesnakes |
Raven: | An unkindness of ravens |
Rhino: | A crash or herd of rhinos |
Roebuck: | A bevy of roebucks |
Rook: | A building or clamour of rooks |
Seal: | A herd or pod of seals |
Sheep: | A drove or flock of sheep |
Snake: | A nest of snakes |
Snipe: | A walk or wisp of snipe |
Sparrow: | A host of sparrows |
Squirrel: | A dray or scurry of squirrels |
Starling: | A murmuration of starlings |
Stork: | A mustering of storks |
Swallow: | A flight of swallows |
Swan: | A bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge of swans |
Swift: | A flock of swifts |
Swine: | A sounder or drift of swine |
Teal: | A spring of teal |
Tiger: | A swift or ambush of tigers |
Toad: | A knot of toads |
Trout: | A hover of trout |
Turkey: | A rafter of turkeys |
Turtledove: | A pitying or dule of turtledoves |
Turtle: | A bale of turtles |
Walrus: | A pod of walrus |
Whale: | A school, gam or pod of whales |
Viper: | A nest of vipers |
Wolf: | A pack or route of wolves |
Woodcock: | A fall of woodcocks |
Woodpecker: | A descent of woodpeckers |
Zebra: | A herd,, zeal or dazzle of zebras |
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