Barrel of Monkeys
Barrel of Monkeys What should we call the wild animals we spot from our windows? A dray of squirrels? A surfeit of skunks? The practice of inventing collective nouns for animals is an ancient pastime…
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Barrel of Monkeys
What should we call the wild animals we spot from our windows? A dray of squirrels? A surfeit of skunks?
The practice of inventing collective nouns for animals is an ancient pastime which derives from medieval hunts, but the list has been augmented in every age--and it remains an entertaining pastime today.A Barrel of Monkeys brings together more than one hundred collective nouns for animals, from a bloat of hippopotamuses to a caravan of camels, a tower of giraffes, and a leap of leopards. A patient watch of wildlife enthusiasts might even catch sight of a skulk of foxes or a scavenging sloth of bears. The rivalry between male rhinoceroses becomes especially apt when the rowdy ungulates are characterized as a crash of rhinos.
An ambush of tigers is an apt characterization of the skillful hunters that silently stalk their prey. A blend of wordplay, puns, and alliteration,
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