I care, little voles. I care.
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LOL yes I'm all for mocking species-specific group names. Just say "bunch" or "group" and everybody knows exactly what you mean.
There are useful group names, but they differentiate between some general types of animals, or by their collective movement. A pack of wolves acts very different from a herd of zebras, but much the same as a pack of hyenas. So if you're looking at a group of dog-like hunters from a large distance, you could call it a pack without knowing whether they're wolves or hyenas. That makes it a word with a proper function, communicating exactly as much information as you need and no more.
Species-specific is just a meme, no one in their right mind would ever use them in real conversation, because "a parliament of chimps" would technically be redundant if "parliament" already meant "group of chimps". But it doesn't, obviously, so you're forced to specify "chimps" anyway, making "parliament" useless and confusing.
Absolutely, there are useful group names that were intelligently thought out, and there are ones where somebody said ooooh, "a stitch of knitters" would be cute.
A fuck load of bees is correct tho.
Thank you for making me laugh on a day when I’ve felt so much anger.
the fuckload of bees didnt make you pause first?
A drawer of assorted, mis-matched screws and bolts of sea urchins
Wo-ho
Wo-ho
Can’t touch this
My favorite is a Business of Ferrets, as the Latin translation for ferret is 'little thief'.
No matter how many times I see this, "A 101.5 'The Hammer' FM of Moths" makes me giggle every time.
A turtle factoid! 🐢
A pancake tortoise (malacochersus tornieri) hatchling is called a Morsel, an adult is called a Flapjack, and a group is called a Stack.
...Not really, but, uh, anyway.
Actual terms:
- conspiracy of ravens
- flight of pigeons
Ravens are smart, but I really don't think they're planning anything nefarious. Pigeons on the other hand...
Podcast of white men
Precinct of racists
Bro, they carry knives in some cities, they are always planning crime.
Shitstorm would actually fit pigeons nicely
Ah Martin Landau, the GOAT of goats
I would have gone with John Darnielle myself
Perhaps, but he wasn't in the most aggressively 1970s TV show ever. Do yourself a favour and feel the cocaine in your ears when you listen to this banger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SpX8bVEmJo