The main reason is that they make our speech more interesting and colorful. Instead of saying a group of birds, we can say a flock of birds. Collective nouns also help us to be more specific when referring to groups of animals. For example, we can differentiate between a herd of cows a...
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Why are names of animal groups often so weird or funny? One reason is that many of these collective animal group names originated in medieval times, especially the English hunting tradition. We’ll discuss the origin of each funny name for animal groups when it is known. Many of the weird ...
This African horned animal is a common sight on safaris. You may even spot hundreds ofred lechwesplashing about the shallows. Nyala Nyalaoccur across the north of South Africa and Zimbabwe. The South African horned animal is often confused with bushbuck. Flowing manes and wispy white decoration ...
Funny animal group names don't stop at a murder of crows or clowder of cats. Let's look at some of the fanciful names and origins for other animal groups.
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List Of Jungle Animals In The Amazon Top Predators: Jaguars, Cougars, Ocelots Largest Animal: The Tapir Rodent: Capybara (The World’s Largest Rodent!) Reptiles: Anaconda, Bushmaster (poisonous snake) and Caimans (several species; the largest is the black caiman) ...
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This characterful desert animal lives in groups that can contain up to 50 individuals. The group is active during the day, and spends the nights in large burrows. Members of a group will often groom each other before heading off to forage. Sentries survey the landscape for threats, and wil...
Verreaux's Sifaka is herbivorous. It lives in small groups, foraging for leaves and fruit during the mornings and evenings, and resting during the hottest part of the day. The main threat to this critically endangered animal is habitat loss. Logging and other agricultural activities on Madagascar...