In English, there are over a hundred different names for groups of animals. They are called collective nouns. Most of these are not obvious at all.
Common collective nouns are a school of fish and a flock of birds. But let's talk about some lesser-known ones.
You can find a troop of baboons in the jungle and a sleuth of bears in the forest, where a swarm of bees hangs from the branches that will soon be used by a colony of beavers to build a dam.
A flock of birds and a murder of crows fly in the sky, while a cluster of cats chases a mischief of rats.
On the farm, a brood of chickens raises a clutch of chicks. Nearby, a pack of dogs and a band of coyotes chase a herd of buffalo.
In the sea, a pod of whales swim over a bed of oysters while an army of frogs leaps from leaf to leaf above. In the savannah, a pride of lions sleeps while a herd of elephants roam the land.
Click on the link below for some other names for groups of animals. Have you heard any of them before?
