https://www.barnorama.com/23-random-charts-with-random-knowledge/ Welcome To The Fun Barn Tue, 02 Mar 2021 18:33:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.barnorama.com/23-random-charts-with-random-knowledge/#comment-429561 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 18:33:29 +0000 https://www.barnorama.com/?p=885405#comment-429561 RE lists of collective nouns for types of animals: Most of these words, the only place I’ve ever seen them used is on lists of collective nouns for types of animals. In practice, people seem refer to a group of any kind of birds as a “flock” and a group of any kind of grazing animal as a “herd”. Who really talks about an “exaltation of larks” or a “parliament of owls”? Do biologists use these words? Zoo keepers?

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