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by SantaFeJoe on Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:53 am
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While watching "Animal Atlas" this morning, I found it interesting how many and type of terms were used to name groups of animals. Here are a couple of links you may find interesting, as well:

http://xaeyruudh.wordpress.com/2012/01/ ... y-animals/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... in_English

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/animal-terms.htm

http://www.glossophilia.org/?p=1375

One of my favorites is; a prickle of porcupines.

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by Mike in O on Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:35 am
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That is a fine kettle of fish...and a new word for me.
 

by Gary Briney on Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:10 pm
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...a surfeit of skunks -- and I thought one was too many... ;)

...a sneak of weasels -- who knew?

...a puddle of platypi -- temperature not specified

...a mob of meerkats -- I didn't suspect they had criminal tendencies

...a quiver of cobra -- a shiver I would believe

...a flutter of butterflies -- or perhaps a buffer of flutterbies

...a sloth of bears -- now that's gotta be confusing

...a swarm of eels -- ick
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by SantaFeJoe on Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:09 pm
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Regarding butterflies, the one's I liked were:

a kaleidoscope of butterflies

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/mona ... pirit.html


and
a rainbow of butterflies.

Reminds me of Copper Canyon!

https://www.google.com/search?q=monarch ... =0CJEBEIke

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by Gary Briney on Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:24 pm
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Very cool images.
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by Stephen Feingold on Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:02 am
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My favorite: a congress of baboons.
 

by SantaFeJoe on Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:58 am
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Hmmm, that sounds familiar!!! (apologies to baboons!)
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by Colin Inman on Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:52 pm
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And the collective noun for nature photographers ?
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by ChrisStarbuck on Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:44 pm
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Colin Inman wrote:And the collective noun for nature photographers ?


A click?
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by SantaFeJoe on Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:09 pm
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Colin Inman wrote:And the collective noun for nature photographers ?
"BROKE" 

or for those of you in England:

 "BROKE BLOKES"!!!

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