Animal Group Names

Today I was asked about some of the names that animal groups had. Of course I came up with the usual: litter of kittens, pride of lions, pack of wolves, school of fish, etc. So, I decided to look up some more and these were the ones that I found interesting.

- A Shrewdness of Apes

- A Congress of Baboons

- A Battery of Barracudas
- A Shoal of Bass
- A Cloud of Bats
- A Clash of Bucks
- A Rainbow of Butterflies
- A Quiver of Cobras
- An Intrusion of Cockroaches
- A Cast of Crabs
- A Murder or Parliament of Crows
- A Plague of Doves
- A Crash of Elephants
- A Business of Ferrets
- A Tower of Giraffes
- A Trip of Goats
- A Troubling of Goldfish
- A Confusion of Guinea Fowl
- A Boil of Hawks
- A Barrel of Monkeys
- A Scourge of Mosquitoes
- A Parliament of Owls
- A Prickle of Porcupines
- A Mischief of Rats
- A Rhumba of Rattlesnakes
- A Conspiracy of Ravens
- An Affliction of Starlings
- A Fever of Stingrays
- A Gulp of Swallows
- A Mutation of Thrushes
- A Committee of Vultures
- A Confusion of Weasels
- A Wisdom of Wombats
- A Dazzle of Zebras