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Isn't the english language amazing? We have terms for groups of things depending on what they are. They call these collective nouns. Here are a few for various animals and birds:
  • Badgers - A Cete of badgers
  • Bats - A colony of bats
  • Bears - A sloth of bears
  • Bees - A grist, hive, swarm, drift of bees
  • Birds - A flock, flight, parcel of birds
  • Bitterns - A sedge of bitterns
  • Budgerigars - A chatter of budgerigars
  • Butterflies - A swarm, rabble of butterflies
  • Buzzards - A wake of buzzards
  • Caterpillars - An army of caterpillers
  • Cubs - A litter of cubs
  • Dear - A herd of dear
  • Dogs - A pack of dogs
  • Doves - A flight of doves
  • Eagles - A convocation
  • Elk - A herd of elk
  • Finches - A charm of finches
  • Fish - A shoal, school of fish
  • Flies - A cloud
  • Geese - A gaggle, flock of geese
  • Grasshoppers - A cloud of grasshoppers
  • Hares - A husk of hares
  • Hedgehogs - An array of hedgehogs
  • Horses - A stud, string of horses
  • Hounds - A pack of hounds
  • Rabbits - A husk of jackrabbits
  • Jellyfish - A brood of jellyfish
  • Larks - A bevy of larks
  • Moose - A herd of moose
  • Mosquitoes - A herd of mosquitoes
  • Nightingales - A watch of nightingales
  • Partridges - A covey of partridges
  • Pelicans - A pod of pelicans
  • Ponies - A drove of ponies
  • Rates - A colony, pack, swarm of rats
  • Seagulls - A flock of seagulls
  • Snakes - A den, bed of snakes
  • Tortoises - A creep of tortoises
  • Walruses - A herd of walruses
  • Whale - A school, pod or whales
  • Worms - A clew of worms
  • Wrens - A herd of wrens
  • Zebras - A herd of zebras
As you can see there is a load of them. All brought to you by handykam.com. The home of wildlife cameras.

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