...and it came up. A list of the proper names for different groups of animals (e.g. a flock of birds, but cooler), courtesy of wikipedia:
1) A bask of alligators
2) A company of badgers
3) A cauldron of bats
4) A shrewdness of apes
5) A sleuth of bears
6) A rabble of butterflies
7) A glaring of cats
8) A coalition of cheetahs
9) A quiver of cobras
10) An intrusion of cockroaches
11) A murder of crows
12) An alliance of (male) dolphins
13) A party of (female) dolphins
14) A piteousness of doves
15) A convocation of eagles
16) A pipe of eels
17) An overabundance(!) of elephants (my favorite)
18) A business of ferrets
19) A trembling of finches
20) A bundle of frogs
21) A horde of hamsters
22) A kettle of hawks
23) A bloat of hippos (my second favorite)
24) A smack or smuth of jellyfish
25) An exaltation of larks
26) A leap of leopards
27) A risk of lobsters
28) A labor of moles
29) A mischief of mice
30) A parliament of owls
31) An amalgamation of pandas
32) An unkindness of ravens
33) A clutter of spiders
34) A scurry of squirrels
35) A lump of toads
36) A wisdom of wombats
37) A dazzle of zebras
YAY!!! I'm so glad you did this!
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