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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This prompted a question I'd never consciously considered. Is the difference between pack and herd just predator vs prey?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Different animals have different collective nouns;

  • A murder of crows
  • A school of fish
  • A congress of owls
  • A misery of redditors
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I did some poking around and it looks to me like pack generally refers to animals that hunt and herds are generally subject to predation by pack animals. The collective benefits of herd behavior vs pack behavior appear to also be distinct, with packs demonstrating a higher degree of social structure or hierarchy.