science.howstuffworks.com— You probably know the expression, "a gaggle of geese," but have you ever heard of "a shrewdness of apes?" Here's a short list of the most bizarre names for animal groups.
Nov 13, 2007View in Crawl 4
this is funny someone made a post about this i was just going on about how they have such weird names for packs of animals... which led me to my question: is it just a herd of moose or do moose have a special name lol
Closed AccountNov 13, 2007
Rhinoceri?
reyxNov 13, 2007
17. A prickle of porcupinesoh *groan*...
weiwuweiNov 13, 2007Submitter
Thought you were just kidding, but that really is on the wiki list!
yuppNov 13, 2007
A Ghey of phrases...
fracture98Nov 13, 2007
Then it *must* be true!
Closed AccountNov 13, 2007
this is funny someone made a post about this i was just going on about how they have such weird names for packs of animals... which led me to my question: is it just a herd of moose or do moose have a special name lol
wellyukNov 13, 2007
I think the actual term is not "groups of animals but "collective nouns".A digg of idiots.
crashflowNov 14, 2007
A congress of baboons? wait...this is wiki, is this real?
votrenomiciNov 14, 2007
What a great trivia night question: matching the animals to the group name.