In
one of the Big Bang episodes, Sheldon
Cooper acquired a bunch of cats when what passes for his love life hit a bump
in the road. As he explained to his
flabbergasted mother, the “bunch” of cats is more correctly called a “Clowder”
or a “Glare.”
Who knew?
That
got me wondering what other strange names we attach to animals based on their
species, age or sex. Turning to the internet, here’s a sampling of some of the
really weird attributions.
A congregation of alligators
A raft of Auks
A cete of badgers
A cloud of bats
A sleuth of bears
A sute of bloodhounds
A wake of Buzzards
A peep of chickens
A lap of Cod
A bed of clams
A quiver of cobras
A bask of crocodiles
A convocation or aerie of eagles
A leash of fox
A tower of giraffes
A cackle of hyenas
A crash of rhinos
Just to name a few, but my
favorite is: a Murder of Crows
- It makes me think of Edgar
Allan Poe.
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