You probably know that a group of wolves is called a pack or that a group of puppies is called a litter, but there are many collective nouns for animals that are much less well-known and frankly very strange.
A shrewdness of apesChimpanzees in Kibale National Park in Uganda.
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A congregation of alligators
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A cete of badgers
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A cauldron of bats
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A sloth or sleuth of bearsBears in Grand Teton National Park.
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A gang or an obstinacy of buffaloTwo buffaloes gather by the waters of the Chebayesh marsh in Nassiriya, southeast of Baghdad, February 11, 2015. Picture taken February 11, 2015.
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A clowder, clutter, pounce, dout, nuisance, glorying, or a glare of catsCats crowd around village nurse and Ozu city official Atsuko Ogata as she carries a bag of cat food to the designated feeding place on Aoshima Island in Ehime prefecture in southern Japan February 25, 2015.
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An army of caterpillarsCaterpillars walking on leaf.
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A caravan of camelsCamels
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A coalition of cheetahsCheetahs
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A murder of crowsCrows
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A cowardice of dogsDogs
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A pod of dolphinsDolphins and whales jump out of the water at a media preview for the Epson Aqua Park Shinagawa aquarium’s re-opening in Tokyo, July 6, 2015.
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A pace of donkeys
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A convocation of eagles
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A parade of elephants
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A gang of elkAn elk herd in Colorado.
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A business of ferretsFerret
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A flamboyance of flamingosSnow falls on a flock of flamingos standing on a snow-covered field at a wildlife zoo in Hefei, Anhui province January 29, 2015.
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A leash, skulk, or earth of foxes
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An army of frogsFrogs
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A tower of giraffesGiraffes
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A gorilla sits in it’s enclosure at London Zoo February 16, 2008.
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A bloat, or a thunder of hippopotamusesHippos
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A cackle of hyenas
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A shadow of jaguarsJaguar
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A smack of jellyfishJellyfish
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A troop or mob of kangaroos
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A conspiracy of lemursLemurs
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A leap of leopards
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A troop or barrel of monkeysMonkeys
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A romp, a family, or a raft of ottersOtters
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A pandemonium or company of parrots
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A colony, muster, parcel, or rookery of penguinsNear the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula, a group of Adelie penguins launch themselves from an iceberg into the frigid waters of the ocean.
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A drift, drove, sounder, team, or passel of pigs
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A prickle of porcupines Porcupines
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An unkindness of ravensRaven`
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A colony or warren of rabbitsRabbits
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A crash of rhinoceroses
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A building of rooks
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A maelstrom of salamanders
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A dray or scurry of squirrelsSquirrels
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A bevy, game, or wedge of swans
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An ambush or streak of tigersTigers
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A rafter, gang, or posse of turkeysTurkeys
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A venue of vulturesFile photo of vultures feasting on a road kill in Great Falls Virginia
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A gam, pod, or herd of whalesA pod of sperm whales swimming underwater.
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A wisdom of wombatsWombat
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A zeal of zebrasZebras
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