@@tekad_ it's complexity excludes the inopportune from participating in higher levels of conversation , such as the elegant proper sentence Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
You want "complicated"? Start going into "Double plurals". If you have 5 goldfish in a bowl, the plural is "Fish". If you have 5 goldfish, with 5 guppies, and 5 suckerfish in a bowl, the plural is "Fishes" because you're talking about "more than one kind of:" The correct English would be "All the Fishes in the sea." Unless you're only talking about the Salmon, then it would be "all the fish". Same rule applies to other words where the plural is itself, like Deer. If there is a group of 100 white tailed deer, there would be "100 Deer". But if there was more than 1 kind of Deer, there would be "100 Deeres"
@@imveryangryitsnotbutter I mean sharks aren't that blood thirsty, they only kill by biting and that happens if they think that you are a fish, which is rare
The last one sounds like something Steve Irwin would say: “Here we are today with something truly special - a small, intimate gathering of crocodiles are resting on this riverbank. :)”
I was just goign to say that, that was a pretty poor impression, but at 96 that is probably about what he sounds like atm. But he definitely had more base in the 1980s.
I wouldn't be surprised if some of these are real considering some of the collective nouns that exist. A "fluffle of bunnies" is a genuinely correct collective term for rabbits
@@Marisad Can infirm that. It's not a fuckload of bees, but even better: A *bike* of bees. From "bike"'s archaic meaning of 'colony, swarm, nest'. Also maracas snek bois? It's a rhumba of rattlesnakes. (Also a shiver of sharks, a kindle of kittens, and a crash of rhinoceroses.)
Fun fact: sometimes eagles will lock talons while fighting and get stuck like that. It's not entirely impossible to find a small pile of eagles (technically two is a plural amount), stuck together and very confused.
You know, some of these actually sound like real names when you consider "murder of crows" and "embarrassment of Pandas" are real things here are another fun ones: A group of ferrets is called a "business", a group of Giraffes is called a "tower" and a group of Lemurs is called a "conspiracy"
An embarrassment of pandas, a smack of jellyfish, an obstinancy of bulls, a tuxedo of penguins, a confusion of wildebeests, a zeal of zebras, a business of ferrets. Except I'm not making those up, those're the actual terms.
@@eddie-roo A modpack I played for minecraft makes so much more sense now. It was called "Ferret Business" and it had a questline where you were apparently working for a company ran by anthropomorphic ferrets.
I remember hearing about the history of collective nouns. From what I recall, some appeared naturally in the language, but a lot of them were made up by medieval people, and people used them to show off and try to seem better at speaking English correctly than everyone else.
This was my assumption based on the needlessly eccentric nouns arbitrarily taught alongside "manners" in historic textbooks. "Always curtsy with your left foot back, and NEVER refer to a grouping of scorpions as a diocese."
Calling a group of pandas an embarrassment is oddly fitting considering they're the second most pathetic animal to exist on planet earth right after koalas If a group of pandas is an embarrassment, a group of koalas should be a failure
@@jk-gb4et Sloths live in a highly competitive biome home to many predators, but somehow they manage to survive so they must be doing *something* right. There's not a damn thing that preys on koalas because Australia is almost devoid of predators and yet somehow the damn things still manage to fail at life
There should be a category called "collective nouns that may be shitposts", A congregation of crocodiles An embarrassment of pandas A meditation of capibaras All of these are proper usages.
A dementium of disheveled pole cats. A putridation of salivating guppie-fish. A gabsmockery of weevils. This profundity of grouping names belies an utter disdain of actual species distinction in the historic vocabulary. For instance, does it fly? And it attacks chickens? Then it is a Chicken Hawk. Vulture? No, Chicken Hawk. Great Horned Owl? CH. Wedge-tailed Eagle? CH. Sharp-shinned Hawk? Nay me dear lad, tis just a chicken hawk like the rest.
@@haddy106 I don't think there's a clear line, if I am honest. I think "a gaggle", "a herd", "a pile" and "a wad" are the most believable. Then there are the ones someone could shout and I wouldn't question them. Like, "That's a FUCKLOAD OF BEES", or "is that a typist pool of iguanas?", and then there's the ones that have to be straight-up jokes. An "uneasy partnership of coyotes", "a business lunch of meerkats" (while depending on the accent, that one might also sound believable enough), "a duffel bag of seals", "a small, intimate gathering of crocodiles"??? Whoever came up with them, they're great. Although it really makes me want to join the crocodiles for a nice cup of tea.
Fun fact: The fictional species, endermen, from Minecraft, have the collective noun of “haunting”, so whenever you come across a few endermen together (not that common unless you’re in the end, but probably still possible), know that you have just encountered a haunting of endermen
A part of me was hoping the video would end at "A Fuckload of Bees." and then the narrator drops the voice as he attempts to escape the recording booth which is now flooded with Bees.
COOL BUG FACT'S A skitter of spiders A metropolis of ants A crime against humanity of wasps A judgment day of hornets A weapons-grade stingamabob of scorpions A needlestorm of mosquitoes A famine of locusts An eclipse of mayflies A grave of fireflies A vomitorium of maggots A nimble navigation of centipedes
Some most assuredly real ones include an aurora of polar bears. And on the other end of the spectrum, an embarrassment of panda bears. Even if fiction is sometimes stranger, truth has its weird moments too.
@@Naija_Ninja how? I saw a bunch of letters huddled together like they were in the middle of winter and my smol brain had trouble pronouncing the big words!
@@TheRealFrozenFire Yeah, I don't care. I'm going to post this on space Twitter and you're gonna get cancelled for bigotry against the people of planet Namek. It's because of stuff like this that King Piccolo tried to retaliate and eslave all humans on earth a few years ago
Tourist: How safe is it to go out in the boat today? Guide: Well, there's a small, intimate gathering of crocodiles out there... Tourist: Guess we'll be fine then!
Well, since they kinda look like they're related to ferrets, and the correct term for a group of ferrets is a business of ferrets, I'd say it is close to reasonable.
At risk of ruining the joke, in case anyone is curious, the real collective names are: -A gaggle or flock of geese(the former if they're on the ground, the latter if they're flying) -A herd of cattle -A colony or drift of bees -A convocation or united state of eagles -A band or acme of coyotes -An eclipse or phallus of moths -A gaze or trash bag of racoons -An irrelevance or peripheral of voles -A mob or gang of meerkats -A bob or harem of seals -A flutter or flock of sparrows -A slaughter of iguanas(Finally figured out what animal the crows killed, nice!) -A herd or tribe of goats -A bask or cuckold of crocodiles -A rhumba of rattlesnakes
The actual answers: A colony of bees. A convocation of eagles. A pack of coyotes. An eclipse of moths. A nursery of raccoons. A colony of voles. (Guess they really don't care) A mob of meekrats. A colony/rookery/herd/harem/bob of seals. A knot/flutter/host/quarrel/crew of sparrows. A mess of Iguanas A herd/tribe/trip of goats. A bask of crocodiles.
yall ever seen the group names of ravens? allow me to list some: a treachery, a rave, a conspiracy, an unkindness. what did ravens do to deserve this melodrama?
A Rhumba of Rattlesnakes
dam
uwu
A 15 caliber rifle of lemurs
An army of frogs
A Shit-ton of Wasps
Fun fact:
Geese are only a Gaggle if they're on the ground,
If they're flying then they are a flock
WHY IS ENGLISH SO USELESSLY COMPLICATED
i preferably refer to them as a flaggle though
@@tekad_ it's complexity excludes the inopportune from participating in higher levels of conversation , such as the elegant proper sentence
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
@@andrewphillips4681 *its
You want "complicated"?
Start going into "Double plurals".
If you have 5 goldfish in a bowl, the plural is "Fish".
If you have 5 goldfish, with 5 guppies, and 5 suckerfish in a bowl, the plural is "Fishes" because you're talking about "more than one kind of:"
The correct English would be "All the Fishes in the sea." Unless you're only talking about the Salmon, then it would be "all the fish".
Same rule applies to other words where the plural is itself, like Deer.
If there is a group of 100 white tailed deer, there would be "100 Deer".
But if there was more than 1 kind of Deer, there would be "100 Deeres"
Fun fact: both a single bear and a group of bears can be referred to as a "holy shit a bear let's get out of here"
A "holy shit a bear let's get out of here" of bears
Unless it's Russian. If it's Russian then it's a comrade or comrade coop
if it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's white...... good night.
@@xNimroder if it's russian... break out the vodka
Unless you’re in Sevierville, then it’s “THE BEARS ARE STEALIN THE GARBAGE CAN AGAIN, SHOO BEARS, OUT”
And of course, a "lethal dose" of sharks, and "One hecking amount" of wasps. This ones are classical
This is for groups of animals. A lethal dose of sharks would be just one shark.
@@imveryangryitsnotbutter i mean i guess thats a dose
The daily recommended intake for sharks (according to 9/10 doctors) is no more than zero. For wasps it's even less actually
@@imveryangryitsnotbutter I mean sharks aren't that blood thirsty, they only kill by biting and that happens if they think that you are a fish, which is rare
@@ardakozan1122 I mean that still only takes one shark
The last one sounds like something Steve Irwin would say: “Here we are today with something truly special - a small, intimate gathering of crocodiles are resting on this riverbank. :)”
Haha! You're right! /pos
I read that in an exaggerated Aussi accent
@@princessthyemis what's "/pos" mean?
@@gliple point of sale? lol
@@gliple it means positive lol
A battalion of Armadillos.
A hangout of Sloths.
A khanate of Orcas.
A sonic of Hedgehogs
An Arcade Game of Urang Utangs
Nah, a laziness of sloths.
A layer of ogres
should be called a homocide of killer whales
Any amount over 1 is considered a fuckload of bees
That's because if a bee stings you, it starts emitting a hormone that makes other bees want to sting you
@@haddy106 I didn't ask for more knowledge of bees, but I realize now it is what I needed. thank you
@@haddy106 and now I'm *even more terrified* of bees than I already was! Thank you for this information! 🙂
@@MTExactly you are both blessed and cursed with bee knowledge
@@haddy106 so if one bee is suicidal and stings you, it makes others suicidal and sting you?
An asylum of Cuckoos
A parliament of owls
An ostentation of Peacocks
A lamentation of Swans
A colony of bee-eaters
Actually clever. Have a like!
A crap ton of penguins.
I am today years old when I discovered that a group of owls is actually called a parliament
A murder of crows
A punch of Falcons
i sure do love it when moths form the classic “101.5 The Hammer FM”, really makes you think about the beautiful composition of nature!
...And now I need someone to mod the Ancestor Moths in Skyrim to play classic rock during the Dawnguard campaign quest.
@@Xbalanque84 and by classic rock you mean Starship and led Zeppelin
And now I need to figure out what "101.5 The Hammer FM" means
@@goobymcfruity2148 If you haven’t figured it out by now, it’s radio.
Jeaney's impersonation of Attenborough is absolutely on point!
It is spot on!
I know right! It sounds so real!
Read this as “Jeremy’s impression…” and got exited for a Jeremy Clarkson impression of David Attenborough. Still wasn’t disappointed
I was just goign to say that, that was a pretty poor impression, but at 96 that is probably about what he sounds like atm. But he definitely had more base in the 1980s.
700th like ;)
As someone who has had his bicycle pooped on today I can confirm that the "s**t storm of sparrows" is quite an accurate discription indeed.
Getting a bicicle shitted by birds its like, shooting the kitchen ground and hitting a toothpick you forgot was there
Question: What do you call 2 crows?
Answer: An attempted murder.
“Like, a shit ton of fucking potato locusts”
50FuckingBoiledPotatoes
I wouldn't be surprised if some of these are real considering some of the collective nouns that exist. A "fluffle of bunnies" is a genuinely correct collective term for rabbits
I think all of them are...
@@Marisad Can infirm that.
It's not a fuckload of bees, but even better: A *bike* of bees. From "bike"'s archaic meaning of 'colony, swarm, nest'.
Also maracas snek bois? It's a rhumba of rattlesnakes.
(Also a shiver of sharks, a kindle of kittens, and a crash of rhinoceroses.)
@@neoqwerty where can I find more of these?
Edit: punctuation typo
@@neoqwerty I don’t know which bee one is better
@@noahthompson5010 A bike of bees is a beautiful symbol of hard work for the greater good. A fuckload of bees is painfull as fuck.
Completely lost it at "a pile of eagles." That imagery is hilarious.
Fun fact: sometimes eagles will lock talons while fighting and get stuck like that. It's not entirely impossible to find a small pile of eagles (technically two is a plural amount), stuck together and very confused.
god bless america
"A gaggle? That's what you call a bunch of geese?"
"What would you call them?"
"I dunno, what do you call a bunch of humans?"
"An infestation."
Ease up there, Agent Smith.
Aww nice DBZA reference.
@@noneofyourbusiness3096 nice!
You know, some of these actually sound like real names when you consider "murder of crows" and "embarrassment of Pandas" are real things
here are another fun ones:
A group of ferrets is called a "business", a group of Giraffes is called a "tower" and a group of Lemurs is called a "conspiracy"
I thought it was ravens that made conspiracies.
The Lemur Conspiracy
Is this our final blow? I can't tell if those names are the pinnacle or the lowest point of our language, heck, maybe both
don't forget the smack of jellyfish
Mess of Iguanas
An embarrassment of pandas, a smack of jellyfish, an obstinancy of bulls, a tuxedo of penguins, a confusion of wildebeests, a zeal of zebras, a business of ferrets. Except I'm not making those up, those're the actual terms.
Well pandas are an embarrassment
@@bar-elch7809 found the grizzly bear...
@@jk-gb4et they are though. They kinda suck at being animals.
can we just fucking use the word "group"
@@greenteaslug4676 no, not as funny
I was hoping for "A *Tea Party* of British People." or "A *Get The Heck Outta There* of Karens."
It's actually a "moan" of British people
I am pretty sure a group of Karens is called a Complaint actually
A *catastrophe* of billionaires
Tea party? Nah that's definitely a US thing.
a group of british people is called an expedition.
Should’ve had a “murder of crows” as the third, since that’s true, but it starts to get weird.
Yeah, it kinda blows the jokes load at a “fuckload of bees”
A business of ferrets is also a real thing
Flock of magpies is called, an Annoyance, like that’s the real name
also an unkindness of ravens
@@eddie-roo A modpack I played for minecraft makes so much more sense now.
It was called "Ferret Business" and it had a questline where you were apparently working for a company ran by anthropomorphic ferrets.
I remember hearing about the history of collective nouns. From what I recall, some appeared naturally in the language, but a lot of them were made up by medieval people, and people used them to show off and try to seem better at speaking English correctly than everyone else.
This was my assumption based on the needlessly eccentric nouns arbitrarily taught alongside "manners" in historic textbooks. "Always curtsy with your left foot back, and NEVER refer to a grouping of scorpions as a diocese."
This gallery of collective nouns should receive an award, it’s amazingly exquisite.
If not for the fact that collective nouns are almost always a single word, I would have been fooled by a lot of them
@@infiniteplanes5775 welcome to a tomfoolery of goddamn fools.
Fun fact: A group of iguanas is actually called a mess
A group of pandas is an embarrassment
Calling a group of pandas an embarrassment is oddly fitting considering they're the second most pathetic animal to exist on planet earth right after koalas
If a group of pandas is an embarrassment, a group of koalas should be a failure
@@astuteanansi4935 A group of koalas is a fuck-up.
Or at least I'm saying it is
@@astuteanansi4935 what about sloth
@@jk-gb4et sloths may seem lame but they are actually good at surviving
@@jk-gb4et Sloths live in a highly competitive biome home to many predators, but somehow they manage to survive so they must be doing *something* right. There's not a damn thing that preys on koalas because Australia is almost devoid of predators and yet somehow the damn things still manage to fail at life
There should be a category called "collective nouns that may be shitposts",
A congregation of crocodiles
An embarrassment of pandas
A meditation of capibaras
All of these are proper usages.
A dementium of disheveled pole cats.
A putridation of salivating guppie-fish.
A gabsmockery of weevils.
This profundity of grouping names belies an utter disdain of actual species distinction in the historic vocabulary. For instance, does it fly? And it attacks chickens? Then it is a Chicken Hawk. Vulture? No, Chicken Hawk. Great Horned Owl? CH. Wedge-tailed Eagle? CH. Sharp-shinned Hawk? Nay me dear lad, tis just a chicken hawk like the rest.
@@gorkyd7912 do vultures even attack chickens? I thought they were strictly scavengers?
I love how half of these are believable and the other half is "this cannot be a scientifically accurate term for that"
The line is drawn at duffel bag of seals
@@haddy106 I don't think there's a clear line, if I am honest. I think "a gaggle", "a herd", "a pile" and "a wad" are the most believable. Then there are the ones someone could shout and I wouldn't question them. Like, "That's a FUCKLOAD OF BEES", or "is that a typist pool of iguanas?", and then there's the ones that have to be straight-up jokes. An "uneasy partnership of coyotes", "a business lunch of meerkats" (while depending on the accent, that one might also sound believable enough), "a duffel bag of seals", "a small, intimate gathering of crocodiles"??? Whoever came up with them, they're great. Although it really makes me want to join the crocodiles for a nice cup of tea.
@@LeoTheVampire a gaggle seems believable because it's the actual term
@@LeoTheVampire and then we have "A 101.5 'The Hammer' FM of moths"
Fun fact: The fictional species, endermen, from Minecraft, have the collective noun of “haunting”, so whenever you come across a few endermen together (not that common unless you’re in the end, but probably still possible), know that you have just encountered a haunting of endermen
Have never encountered as I don't play it, but I have encountered a Wasting of Minecrafters.
The fact half of these sre believable is what makes this so good
A Business Lunch of Meerkats absolutely sounds like a real thing
"A fuckload of bees" sounds like someone went to a foreign land, heard the native speakers call it that, and proceed to think that's the actual name.
The locals called it a rape squad of bees, but the translation is more or less accurate.
This feels like it rhymes, like I know it doesn’t, but it sounds like it does
I remember seeing this image years ago, and always got a kick outta it. This is voiced perfectly Jeaney, thank you.
The fact that each one is so accurate blows my mind
-A group of foxes is called a furcon-
uwu
I'm so happy to see that David Attenborough can still teach us so much about our wonderful world
If I ever make a band I'm officially calling it "Duffle Bag of Seals"
Its just a Seal cover band
I was drinking something when you said "A fuckload of bees" in a calm, soothing voice. I almost died.
In truth, a group of moths is called an eclipse. You're welcome for this beautiful knowledge
"a bunch of" is the best collective noun
9/10 bananas agree
I personally am fond of "some fuckin'".
A '1984 exclusive collection' of tardigrades
Can we just appreciate the vocal mastery required to impersonate Sir David Attenborough so well? I love this.
Really proud to be apart of my Business Lunch, such great people!
Your David Attenborough is spot on, good work
A pride of lions
An embarrassment of pandas
A colony of strawberries
A skin-burrow of woodcrawlers
A radioisotope U-235 of axolotls
Is that a mofucking Gemini Home Entertainment reference!?
As someone from a school that has a Coyote as a mascot, this is a clusterfuck of correctness.
Ah, good to know that this whole time I've actually been using the correct term when i see a lot of bees at once.
"wow thats one large small, intimate gathering of crocodiles"
A part of me was hoping the video would end at "A Fuckload of Bees." and then the narrator drops the voice as he attempts to escape the recording booth which is now flooded with Bees.
A murder of crows
A gang of elks
An army of frogs
My condolences to these crows...
An unkindness or treachery of ravens
It's not a party of crocodiles it's just an intimate get together
Crocodile party! Crocodile party!
OMG IM SO GLAD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT OF THIS!!!
@@EpicPinkCreeperdon't call it that's it's just a get together
COOL BUG FACT'S
A skitter of spiders
A metropolis of ants
A crime against humanity of wasps
A judgment day of hornets
A weapons-grade stingamabob of scorpions
A needlestorm of mosquitoes
A famine of locusts
An eclipse of mayflies
A grave of fireflies
A vomitorium of maggots
A nimble navigation of centipedes
Love it😂😂
a vomitorium? I believe the correct term is cheese according to some europeans. can't exactly remember where though. might be italy.
@@YataTheFifteenth I guess you mean Sardinia and Corsica with their cazu marzu or whatever they call that crap
A grave of fireflies? Gee, thanks. I needed that reminder...
@@astuteanansi4935 yeah think so. But hey if they say it tastes good I guess.
"Those aren't the real words, you made those up!"
"All words are made up."
I wonder what a small intimate gathering of crocodiles looks like
...I miss Steve Irwin.
a "vehicular manslaughter" of neighbor's dogs.
Some most assuredly real ones include an aurora of polar bears. And on the other end of the spectrum, an embarrassment of panda bears. Even if fiction is sometimes stranger, truth has its weird moments too.
This deserves to be animated. I desperately want to see all the cartoon versions of everything you've described
A fluffle of rabbits (Yes, that’s the actual term)
A business of ferrets (Also an actual term)
A parliament of owls
A prickle of hedgehogs
A murder of crows
An unkindness of ravens
(Both actual correct terms too)
And my personal favourite, a group of pandas is called an embarrassment
A mob of emus.
Destruction of Wild Cats
A barrel of monkeys
A pandemonium of parrots
And a thunder of hippos
A terrible part of me automatically filled in "A Club of Seals"
A cornucopia of Namekians
I think I just had a stroke reading that
@@TheRealFrozenFire that's racist
@@Naija_Ninja how? I saw a bunch of letters huddled together like they were in the middle of winter and my smol brain had trouble pronouncing the big words!
@@TheRealFrozenFire
Yeah, I don't care. I'm going to post this on space Twitter and you're gonna get cancelled for bigotry against the people of planet Namek.
It's because of stuff like this that King Piccolo tried to retaliate and eslave all humans on earth a few years ago
Tourist: How safe is it to go out in the boat today?
Guide: Well, there's a small, intimate gathering of crocodiles out there...
Tourist: Guess we'll be fine then!
Doesn't sound that strange when a group of crows is literally called a murder.
a *"You would not believe your eyes"* of fireflies, but only if there are more than 9,999,999 in the gathering, otherwise it's a *waterfall*
An uneasy partnership of coyotes sounds just about right, actually.
A business lunch of meerkats sounds alarmingly natural!
Well, since they kinda look like they're related to ferrets, and the correct term for a group of ferrets is a business of ferrets, I'd say it is close to reasonable.
a *oh look at that little- oh, theirs more, ok- OH DEAR GOD THAT'S ALOT OF-* of ants
No joke your Attenborough impression is incredible!
Any true Floridian knows that it's actually a canal of iguanas
"A fuckload of bees" is absolutely correct.
An uneasy partnership of coyotes.
A party of polar bears.
A flamboyance of flamingos.
An army of frogs.
A parliament of owls.
These are all real.
Apparently a real group of eagles is called "A Convocation" and that's just cool
That's actually metal af, thank you for gracing me with that knowledge
I'm resting from Covid so I love that you ended up whispering this one cuz I can't handle loud things right now 💜💜 thank you!
Got me dying of laughter at “A *Fuckload* of Bees”
At risk of ruining the joke, in case anyone is curious, the real collective names are:
-A gaggle or flock of geese(the former if they're on the ground, the latter if they're flying)
-A herd of cattle
-A colony or drift of bees
-A convocation or united state of eagles
-A band or acme of coyotes
-An eclipse or phallus of moths
-A gaze or trash bag of racoons
-An irrelevance or peripheral of voles
-A mob or gang of meerkats
-A bob or harem of seals
-A flutter or flock of sparrows
-A slaughter of iguanas(Finally figured out what animal the crows killed, nice!)
-A herd or tribe of goats
-A bask or cuckold of crocodiles
-A rhumba of rattlesnakes
Thank you, I always wanted to know what a group of moths are called and now I know.
"damn thats a fuckload of bees"
"you can just say fuckload"
"damn thats a fuckload"
i'd like to take this opportunity to say that a group of hummingbirds is called a charm
edit: i was right
there can also be a charm of finches
Shoot, I thought it was called a mumble.
I have had this image saved on my phone for yEars this just made my day
A crumpet of penguins
10/10, Straight to the point, Exactly as described, Quality content
What about "A workplace meeting" of Chimpanzees
An *incoherent screaming in polish* of murder hornets in front of your face
Now he needs to do measurements in food or something like that.
An expensive serving of foie gras
A choking of kinder eggs
An inedible plate of offal
Sometimes the collective nouns of animals and food are the same.
See "fuckload of bees" similar to "fuckload of fries"
Absolutely brilliant from the both of you!
🤣
A flock of sparrows nests in the tree outside my window and let me tell you, "shitstorm" is 100% accurate.
A *partners in crime* of seagulls
Small intimate gathering describing the exact insane animal that would ignore said suggestion is extremely fitting.
Meanwhile, for aliens:
"And here there is a calamity of humans"
Martin Landau is such an underrated actor and plural noun
danc
Oh to be one amongst a wad of raccoons on a fall evening.
The beauty of the leaves and the feast of thanksgiving leftovers.
An x²+4y and 2(x²+8xy^3) of water bears
Honestly could've slipped a murder of crows in here and no one would be any the wiser
The actual answers:
A colony of bees.
A convocation of eagles.
A pack of coyotes.
An eclipse of moths.
A nursery of raccoons.
A colony of voles. (Guess they really don't care)
A mob of meekrats.
A colony/rookery/herd/harem/bob of seals.
A knot/flutter/host/quarrel/crew of sparrows.
A mess of Iguanas
A herd/tribe/trip of goats.
A bask of crocodiles.
For some reason, i can imagine a very casual "business lunch of meerkats", with all the meerkats gathering around a table in tuxidos
yall ever seen the group names of ravens? allow me to list some:
a treachery,
a rave,
a conspiracy,
an unkindness.
what did ravens do to deserve this melodrama?
Nothing, all they did was watch your ancestors die and then eat their eyes.
They looked sufficiently spoopy and were sufficiently intelligent.
an essay of paragraphs
a paragraph of words
*a word of letters*
That was an unexpectedly good Attenborough impression
I was suspicious at a Fuckload of Bees but wasn’t 100% certain until a Uneasy partnership of coyotes.
That was a really good impression of Attenborough
A "last desperate attempt" of dodos.
'A business lunch of Meerkats' sounds like something from a Monty Python sketch.
Do you want to know what the best collective noun is? A group of jellyfish is called a smack!
What about the mischief of mice, the cupboard of pandas, and the knot of toads; as competitors
Edit: removed “the a”
Wait, I got a better one:
A flamboyance of flamingos
( a.k.a, a stand of flamingos )