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MinuteEarth — Collective Nouns. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
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like a gaggle of geese, a skulk of foxes, and a charm of finches. These collective nouns allow the hunters to share their appreciation for nature's animals before shooting them. And unlike those unlucky critters, this fanciful way of describing groups of animals has survived the centuries, giving rise to pods of whales, mobs of kangaroos, and clouters of cats. Even though these terms rarely make it into the formal scientific literature, where it's often clearer to just refer to groups of animals as, well, groups, lots of people, including scientists, use collective nouns elsewhere. That's because replacing a generic label with a specialized mini metaphor allows us to communicate something interesting about the animals. Terms like a leap of leopards and a romp of otters give us a sense of their behavior. Terms like a murmuration of starlings and a crash of rhinos let us hear them nearby. And terms like a murder of crows and an exaltation of larks make us feel a particular way due to their presence.
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