An email received this morning showed us several collective nouns that certain species of animals are call, such as a gaggle of geese or a murder of crows.  That got me thinking and wondering if anyone had ever compiled a list of all of these sort of things.  Sure enough, here you have the site:

http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/collnoun.htm

So, go for a look see and you might find a knot of toads or a bike of hornets.  Perhaps a herd of harlets!

Have fun!

Bears Butt

July 6, 2012