frogsPeasen Wigemann’s Amarasiri / 500px via Getty Images
You probably know that a group of wolves is called a pack or a group of puppies is called a litter, but there are many collective nouns for animals that are much less familiar and frankly very strange.
Find the weirdest of these collective nouns in the slides below:
The cunning of the monkeys
Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda.Yannick Tylle via Getty Images
Gathering of alligators
REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
A flock of badgers
REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Bat cauldron
Flickr/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters
Sloth or bear detective
Bears in Grand Teton National Park.Johnny Johnson via Getty Images
Gang or buffalo stubbornness
Two buffaloes gather above the waters of the Chebayesh swamp in Nassiriya, southeast of Baghdad, February 11, 2015. Photo taken February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
Quarrel, mess, attack, dout, nuisance, glory or cat look
Cats gather around Ozu City Nurse and Official Atsuko Ogata as she carries a bag of cat food to a designated feeding area on Aoshima Island, Ehime Prefecture, southern Japan, February 25, 2015.REUTERS/Thomas Peter
An army of caterpillars
Caterpillars walking on the leaf.Oleksandr Chornyi via Getty Images
Camel caravan
camelsJohn M Lund Photography Inc via Getty Images
Cheetah Coalition
cheetahsPradeep Ravi / 500 pixels via Getty Images
Killing crows
CrowsDavid Akers / 500px via Getty Images
The cowardice of dogs
dogsAlexandra Robins via Getty Images
A flock of dolphins
Dolphins and whales jump out of the water during the media announcement of the reopening of Epson Aqua Park Shinagawa in Tokyo, July 6, 2015.REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Donkey pace
Matt Cardy / Stringer / Getty Images
The call of the eagles
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Elephant parade
Mario Tama/Getty
Bunch of moose
A herd of moose in Colorado.David Zalubowski/AP
Ferret business
FerretTina Riches/EyeEm via Getty Images
Flamingo extravagance
Snow falls on a flock of flamingos standing in a snow-covered field at Hefei Zoo, Anhui province, January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
Leash, skulk or ground of foxes
Bob Hilscher/Getty Images
An army of frogs
frogsPeasen Wigemann’s Amarasiri / 500px via Getty Images
giraffe tower
GiraffesJames Warwick via Getty Images
Shutterstock/Gorb Andrii
A gorilla sits in an enclosure at London Zoo, February 16, 2008.Kevin Coombs
Flatulence, or the thunder of hippos
hipposImage source via Getty Images
Hyena croaking
Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images
Jaguar shadow
JaguarDeAgostini/Getty Images
Jellyfish flavor
JellyfishPhotography by Zack Podratz via Getty Images
Near the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, a group of Adelie penguins leap from an iceberg into the icy waters of the ocean.Jay Dickman/Getty Images
Drift, drove, echo sounder, band or pig passel
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Porcupine spines
PorcupinesMartin Harvey via Getty Images
The rudeness of the crows
raven`Ugo Bukudjian/EyeEm via Getty Images
Colony or maze of rabbits
RabbitsPhotography by Fiona McAllister via Getty Images
Rhino clash
Courtesy of the San Diego Zoo
A building with towers
Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Salamander vortex
Sirac Karadeniz/Anadolu agency via Getty Images
Dray or scurry squirrels
SquirrelsVicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography via Getty Images
Flock, game or swan wedge
ira_kalina/Shutterstock
Ambush or series of tigers
TigersMark Newman via Getty Images
Rafters, gang or group of turkeys
turkeysNick David via Getty Images
Place of vultures
Photo of vultures feasting on a road in Great Falls, VirginiaThomson Reuters
Gamm, pod or whale herd
A pod of sperm whales swimming underwater.Getty’s paintings