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Farmers 1, Lions 0

Lion eats livestock, farmers eat lion. Did you know a pack of lions is called a “pride”? Amusing. Know any other interesting pack names?

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29 Nov 10:25

rev.z3n spake thus:

a pack of crows is called a “murder”.

29 Nov 10:39

sergio spake thus:

Oh, yeah, I remember that one from a lousy Cuba Gooding Jr. movie… I wonder what a flock of cows is called.

A “mummy”?

29 Nov 11:13

rev.z3n spake thus:

I learned the crow thing from the Simpsons, but I have no idea why it came up in the episode.

Cows usually travel in herds in this part of world. I grew up across the street from one.

29 Nov 11:25

CrazyDave spake thus:

The term is collective nouns.
There are loads;
a barren of mules, a crash of rhinoceroses, a murmuration of starlings, a parliament of owls, a pod of whales, etc.

29 Nov 11:31

rev.z3n spake thus:

murmuration? is that seriously a word?

29 Nov 11:33

sergio spake thus:

Thanks CrazyDave. Actually, I had already scoured the internet for it, and came up with the same page you did (see latest news item).

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