I’m amazed at how long this blog thread has grown! Each post describes what to call groups of animals … See how many you can guess. Answers listed at the bottom of the page.
- This tell could tell tales!
- The glimmer glimmered in the dying light.
- The last thing you want is this intrusion intruding!
- The raft’s feet make it difficult to sit on a raft.
- I want a kaleidoscope of this kaleidoscope.
- Is there wisdom in thinking a wisdom wise?
Answers:
- Tell of crows
- Glimmer of dragonflies [1]
- Intrusion of cockroaches
- Raft of loons [2]
- Kaleidoscope of butterflies
- Wisdom of wombats
NOTES: [1] I found this entry at English.stackexchange.com [2] And found this one at www.hintsandthings.co.uk. Loons are solitary birds and live mostly in family groups. On rare occasions when they come together, the group is called a raft. Loons are the subject of Endangered Species Report #36 at www.wildlifewatchers.org© Jadi Campbell 2017. All photos © Jadi Campbell or 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.
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I agree, although (being from upstate NY myself) you’d have to like snow to live there!
Really interesting!
Oh, thank you Giovanni! If you liked this one, there are many more posts in this thread !
Sure! I’m going to follow your blog. Thanks for sharing and greetings from Italy
Thank you for this post, Jadi. You’ve prompted me to go back to one of my medieval reference books which lists the collective nouns from as early as the 10th century. I might write a blog post on it.
I would love to read a post on medieval collective nouns! Glad to have inspired you!
A wisdom of wombats? Thats just perfect. And: Cranberry Lake! Now, that name takes me back to a summer morning about 35 years ago, when I jumped in those waters together with my father.
Then you have bathed in the water of the place where my secret soul lives. Few places as magical.
I think my favorite is a glimmer of dragonflies.
Glimmer fits, doesn’t it?
I love a wisdom of wombats all defecating cube faeces…
Do they? Thanks Gary for increasing my knowledge of wombats…
My pleasure. I was surprised when I first learnt this, apparently it’s true.
I love raft of loons and kaleidoscope of butterflies!
I have had so much fun researching and writing this blog thread. No one beats Mother Nature for creativity