I’m trying to rationlize a false memory(?) Apparently a group of cats is actually a Clowder. Nowhere else on the internet calls it a Whisper?
I swear I was taught this the same day I learned ‘a school of fish’ and ‘a murder of crows.’ I remembered it all these years because I’d always think ‘whispuuurrrr’ in my head.
Help me out of my denial. 😭
cattywampas@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Does anybody actually use these goofy terms for groups of animals? Seems like they mostly exist as a novelty.
TheFogan@programming.dev 1 month ago
Well they make some great puns/jokes.
A man regularly was feeding crows in his yard in an attempt to get them to follow and protect him.
He was arrested for attempted murder.
FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 1 month ago
you’ve never heard flock of geese? herd of cows? school of fish? these are incredibly common.
cattywampas@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Those aren’t the ones I’m talking about. Flocks, herds, and schools apply to many different kinds of birds, land animals, and fish, respectively. Why would anyone need to use the word “murder” instead of “flock” for crows? A cackle of hyenas? A conspiracy of lemurs? Let’s be serious here. What’s wrong with saying a group of lemurs?
Meltdown@lemmy.world 1 month ago
None of those are goofy terms though…
SatyrSack@feddit.org 1 month ago
Is there even a reason they exist? Like, is it actually important to a biologist or something to say “herd of cows” instead of “group of cows”?
chronotron@lemmy.world 1 month ago
the explanation i heard once is that they were made by rich hunter fellas so they could determine who else was a rich hunter fella
Devmapall@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Murder of crows is the only one I’ve seen used unironically
OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ve also used an unkindness of ravens.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
People use “pod of dolphins” relatively often.