weird groups...

[fairkatrina]

ok so I know a few, a murder of ravens, a pride of lions, an unkindness of crows etc. What other weird names are there for groups of animals?

[BuckyKat]

a parliament of rooks....

[allotment10]

http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/kennel/collect ives.htm

a stench of schnauzers ! sounds awful :-0

[lankeela]

A fit of Pekes?

[horsestache1]

I thought it was a killing of Ravens!

A gaggle of geese??

[Clanad]

A bloat of hippopotami...
A shrewdness of apes

[Lonnie]

A 'Chain' of Bobolinks.

A 'Troop' of Baboons.

[swotty]

i believe you can have a nide of pheasant, a covey of partridge, also a cast of kestrels (I thinks this can refers to a gathering of any birds of prey) ?

and isn't it a murder of crows?

[mycats]

yeah it is a murder of crows. I like that one and "a mob of kangaroos"
also
Pride of lions, leap of leapards, sloth of bears, knot of toads, bouquet of pheasants, troop of kangaroos, mustering of storks, gang of elk, clouter of cats, kindle of kittens, pack of dogs, leash of greyhounds, trip of goats, root of wolves, adrift of hogs, parliment of owls, tidings of magpies, siege of herons, peep of chickens, exaltation of larks, murder of crows, unkindness of ravens, ostentation of peacocks, skulk of foxes, shrewdness of apes, crash of rhinocereses!

[Rabelais]

"A parliament of rooks" is the title of a comic book, the collect noun parliament is used for owls not rooks.

[hammerman]

A "yap" of women !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[leelapops]

hammerman! :O *lol* A "knob" of men? Lisa x