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