Old Bearkat
Six-man expert
Something to Think About …
The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for groups of animals.
We are all familiar with a 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 Parliament of owls.
Now consider a group of Baboons…
They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive, and least intelligent of all primates.
What is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?
Believe it or not, a Congress!
The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for groups of animals.
We are all familiar with a 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 Parliament of owls.
Now consider a group of Baboons…
They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive, and least intelligent of all primates.
What is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?
Believe it or not, a Congress!
