Wednesday, November 21, 2012

A GROUP OF BABOON'S IS A CONGRESS

The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals. 


{H/T George Takei Photo}
We are all familiar with a Herd of cows, a Flock of chickens, a School of fish and a Gaggle of geese. However, less widely known is: a Pride of lions, a Murder of crows (as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens), an Exaltation of doves. And, presumably because they look so wise: a Parliament of owls. Now consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates. And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not ... a Congress! A CONGRESS OF BABOONS! You just can't make this stuff up.