The Animal Kingdom: 3

Here is the third installment from my blog thread describing what to call groups of animals … See how many you can guess. Answers listed at the bottom of the page.

1. The charm charmed me again with their singing.
2. A huge cloud clouded the sky, and ruined any chance of a good photo.
3. The band banded together, hoping no one would notice.
4. A blue fluther fluthered in the tide. [1]
5. A mob mobbed Uluru.
6. The squadron flew off in a squadron. [2]

Answers:

1. Charm or chirm of finches
2. Cloud of gnats
3. Band of gorillas [3]
4. Fluther of jellyfish [4]
5. Mob of kangaroos
6. Squadron of pelicans

NOTES:  [1] There are 3 wonderful names for jellyfish groups. Fluther is the second [2] A military flight formation [3] Status: Endangered to Critically Endangered WWF [4] Using fluther in a sentence even allowed me to make up a verb! © Jadi Campbell 2017. All photos © Uwe Hartmann. To see more of Uwe’s animal photos and pics from our trips go to viewpics.de. Fun animal names from www.writers-free-reference.com, Mother Nature Network and www.reference.com.