Collective Nouns
| The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals. Herd of cows,
a Flock of chickens,
a School of fish
and a Gaggle of geese. However, less widely known is:
a Pride of lions,
a Murder of crows
(as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens),
an Exaltation of doves and, presumably because they look so wise:
a Congress of owls.
Now consider a group of Baboons.
And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? A PARLIAMENT OF BABOONS! I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out from the Parliament You just can’t make this stuff up.
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