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English Nouns


The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic 
collective nouns for the various groups of animals.
 
We are all familiar with,but
may have forgot it all these.
 
 
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Herd of cows,

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Flock of chickens,

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School of fish

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A Gaggle of geese,
 
and


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A Pride of lions.

However, less widely known is:
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A Murder of crows
 

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(as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens),


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An Exaltation of doves
 
 


And, presumably because they look so wise:
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A Congress of owls.
 
 
 

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Now consider a group of Baboons.
They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, 
most viciously aggressive and considered least intelligent of all primates.........

And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?

Believe it or not 
 A Parliament



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YEP....A PARLIAMENT OF BABOONS!
Pretty much explains everything doesn't it?
 
 
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You just can’t make this stuff up.