Here is the 18th installment from my blog thread describing what to call groups of animals. More and more are endangered. See how many you can guess. Answers listed at the bottom of the page.
- This Cambodian army member should have never left the army.
- Nigh I saw the nye, they had vanished.
- The ambush didn’t ambush anything. [1]
- He put the purse in her purse.
- The leap leaps down.
- The conspiracy conspires to escape.
Answers:
- Army of frogs and monkeys [1]
- Nye of pheasants (on the ground) [2]
- Ambush of tigers [3]
- Purse of sand dollars
- Leap or leege of leopards [4]
- Conspiracy of lemurs [5]
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NOTES: [1] Amphibians are the most endangered class of animals on the planet. Frogs [2] Pheasants are one of the most endangered groups of birds in the world. Earth Life [3] Tigers are on the brink of extinction. WWF, Tiger Temple [4] Leopard skins and teeth are traded in Africa and poaching is common in Asia. Animals Facing Extinction [5] Updating these lists is so depressing. Lemurs are the most endangered group of mammals. 98% of lemur species are threatened with extinction, and 31% of species are critically endangered! IUCN Red List © Jadi Campbell 2025. 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.
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March 2019 Journal entry: Just returned from an exhilarating 2 and ½ hours night tour with nature guide and tour guide at Kubah National Park. We saw frogs on trees, leaves, vines, boles, the sides of the road…. Two rare horned frogs! Mahogany frogs! A teeny pitcher plant frog – just one – it jumped away before we could look more closely but I did see the tiny thing leap (the narrow-mouth frog first described in 2010). Three different lizards. White-lipped frogs. Cinnamon frogs. Firebelly toads. Harlequin tree frogs. We had to head up to 1,000 feet up a road in the dark, the ranger with a head light. Unreal how he could spot the frogs. Glorious sounds of running water and night sounds of the jungle all around, my glasses fogging over with the heat and humidity, a large frog pond formed by wild pigs’ rutting. The frogs surprisingly calm, not jumping at our presence, just hanging out in their domain. I was in the moment, totally blissed out, just there, present with each frog we spotted. The guide and ranger and I backlighting each critter with our flashlights so Uwe could photograph it. The deep jungle trees and vegetation and clicks and buzzes and calls of frogs all around us. Nature’s Symphony. Glorious. An Australian recorded just this place and won an international competition for the most beautiful sounds in the world. Borneo’s really promoting sustainable growth, they recognize what they have here. The Malaysian part of Borneo, that is. I feel hopeful about a corner of the planet for the first time in a very, very, very long and sad time. Man, I like Borneo.
In just 40 minutes we could be in the city. In the days before Christmas we visited the Flower Market where a man bought a bouquet of roses bigger than he was,
Graffiti and protest signs go up more quickly than the government can remove them. In my next post I have photos of Popo and the Frogs, the police and the protesters, and how they are represented. See you then.
My blog thread about names for animal families that I began in honor of my dad Bobbo 3 years ago 
