#Feb 1: Vocabulary

United States
February 4, 2018 11:51am CST
I found a few more groups, that I thought were interesting. Of course I'm still wondering who decided on these terms for groups of animals. A group of parrots is called a company. A group of goats is called a trip. A group of toads is called a knot. I didn't know any of these.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Feb 18
Are goats tripping over themselves or taking acid?
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• United States
5 Feb 18
Actually, goats are generally very sure-footed but they do eat a lot of garbage if they get the chance.
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@RasmaSandra (80812)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Feb 18
Thank you for sharing. I didn't know this. I looked this up and was amused to find that a group of kangaroos is known as a mob.
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• United States
5 Feb 18
I thought that a group of kangaroos were called a troop. Maybe they are also called a mob? What do our Australian mylotters say? Are both terms correct?
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@sjvg1976 (41290)
• Delhi, India
4 Feb 18
Group of giraffe is called tower.
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• United States
4 Feb 18
That's a good one
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@moffittjc (121731)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Feb 18
I didn't know any of these either. I just recently learned that a group of geese is called a gaggle. Like you, I wonder who comes up with this stuff.
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