Okay, so... I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this, but after learning about the collective noun "a murder of crows" recently, I had to look up what other interesting ones were out there for animals. Sure, there's the usual "a pride of lions", and "a school of fish" but did you know about "a peep of chickens" or "a stretch of giraffes"? Here are a few other interesting collective nouns...
a shrewdness of apes
a sleuth of bears
a rabble of butterflies
a pounce of cats
a skulk of foxes
a leap of leopards
a prickle of porcupines
a crash of rhinoserouses
a scurry of squirrels
For some reason I find these absolutely hilarious. Obviously I am easily amused. Or bored. Or both.
Happy Saturday folks!
:)
1 comment:
I've always been enamored with collective nouns! We're not the only ones, either: http://www.etsy.com/shop/smackofjellyfish
:)
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