A GAGGLE OF GEESE

Hasn't it always amazed you how we have a different name for every group of animals. Of course, most everyone knows that a group of cattle is a herd, a group of birds is a flock and a group of geese is a gaggle. I can't say that I ever heard of more than half of the following list. Try using one of them in conversation in the next week. You are sure to impress someone.

A shrewdness of apes
An exaltation of larks
A battery of barracudas
A troop of monkeys
A kaleidoscope of butterflies
A parliament of owls
A quiver of cobras
An ostentation of peacocks
A murder of crows
A rookery of penguins
A convocation of eagles
A prickle of porcupines
A charm of finches
An unkindness of ravens
A skulk of foxes
A shiver of sharks
A troubling of goldfish
A pod of whales
A smack of jellyfish
A descent of woodpeckers
A mob of kangaroos
A zeal of zebras

Publications International, Ltd., the Editors of. "22 Peculiar Names for Groups of Animals." 21 September 2007. HowStuffWorks.com. 27 September 2008.