We’re almost done. This is Installment #40 in my blog thread describing what to call groups of animals … See how many you can guess. Answers listed at the bottom of the page.
- Does a pretence pretend they’re bitter?
- Don’t string this string along.
- A study studied the landscape.
- Do you know any jokes about yokes?
- I’d love this leege as my liege.
- Families are familiar.
- Pretence of bitterns [1]
- String of ponies
- Study of owls
- Yoke of oxen
- Leege of leopards [2]
- Family of chimps
NOTES: [1] Bitterns all over the world are critically endangered. Their populations in England began to decline as early as the Middle Ages because “the bird was considered a delicacy and was eaten at banquets up to Tudor times. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the bird became a popular target for taxidermists. The drainage of England’s wetlands devastated the surviving population….” – theguardian.com; www.britishbirdlovers.co.uk [2] This incredibly beautiful big cat is a clouded leopard. “Clouded leopards are the most talented climbers among the cats.” wikipedia.org Status: Severely Endangered. © Jadi Campbell 2020. 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 en.wiktionary.org, www.writers-free-reference.com, Mother Nature Network and www.reference.com.
In The Trail Back Out two strangers meet in the woods. Children wear masks. A gambler hides in the cellar during a Category Five hurricane. A wife considers a hit-man’s offer. Princess Rain Clouds searches for happiness. An entire village flees, a life is saved, and a tourist in Venice is melting. Everyone keeps trying to make sense of strange events far in the past or about to occur. Let these characters be your guides. Join them on the trail back out – to a familiar world, now unexpectedly changed. The Trail Back Out was named an American Book Fest 2020 Best Book Awards Finalist in the category Fiction: Anthologies. The title story The Trail Back Out was longlisted for the 2021 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Award.
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It’s been a great series.
When I started this Animal Kingdom thread I wrote more than 40 (!!) posts in a wonderful burst of writing and research inspiration. Assumed the ‘next’ thread I’d need to write was years away and I had plenty of time. Especially after the pandemic set in, I surely could have gotten a new one written in the last year, right? HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa (insert insane evil cackling here) I have one post finished for the new My Imaginary Friends thread.
One.
And, it already posted. Thank God I still have the Grande Finale Animal Kingdom post up my sleeve….
Learning lots from your Animal Kingdom series. Now…I need to find the Imaginary Friends thread. 🙂 keep ’em coming please!
Thanks Susana for the kind words – I am composing future posts in my head write now. Right now. (was that ever a Freudian slip!) Take care and come back soon.
Well Jadi, with the good writing in this sequence you have entertained your blotter of bloggers??!!
Oh my God! BLOTTER OF BLOGGERS — I am SO stealing this!!