You probably know that a group of wolves is called a pack or that a group of puppies is called a litter, but there are many collective nouns for animals that are much less well-known and frankly very strange.
Find the oddest of these collective nouns in the slides below:
A shrewdness of apes
Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park in Uganda. Yannick Tylle via Getty Images
Bears in Grand Teton National Park. Johnny Johnson via Getty Images
A gang or an obstinacy of buffalo
Two buffaloes gather by the waters of the Chebayesh marsh in Nassiriya, southeast of Baghdad, February 11, 2015. Picture taken February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
A clowder, clutter, pounce, dout, nuisance, glorying, or a glare of cats
Cats crowd around village nurse and Ozu city official Atsuko Ogata as she carries a bag of cat food to the designated feeding place on Aoshima Island in Ehime prefecture in southern Japan February 25, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
An army of caterpillars
Caterpillars walking on leaf. Oleksandr Chornyi via Getty Images
A caravan of camels
Camels John M Lund Photography Inc via Getty Images
A coalition of cheetahs
Cheetahs Pradeep Ravi / 500px via Getty Images
A murder of crows
Crows David Akers / 500px via Getty Images
A cowardice of dogs
Dogs Alexandra Robins via Getty Images
A pod of dolphins
Dolphins and whales jump out of the water at a media preview for the Epson Aqua Park Shinagawa aquarium's re-opening in Tokyo, July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Near the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula, a group of Adelie penguins launch themselves from an iceberg into the frigid waters of the ocean. Jay Dickman/Getty Images
A drift, drove, sounder, team, or passel of pigs
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A prickle of porcupines
Porcupines Martin Harvey via Getty Images
An unkindness of ravens
Raven` Ugo Bukudjian / EyeEm via Getty Images
A colony or warren of rabbits
Rabbits Fiona McAllister Photography via Getty Images
A crash of rhinoceroses
Courtesy of San Diego Zoo
A building of rooks
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A maelstrom of salamanders
Sirac Karadeniz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
A dray or scurry of squirrels
Squirrels Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography via Getty Images
A bevy, game, or wedge of swans
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An ambush or streak of tigers
Tigers Mark Newman via Getty Images
A rafter, gang, or posse of turkeys
Turkeys Nick David via Getty Images
A venue of vultures
File photo of vultures feasting on a road kill in Great Falls Virginia Thomson Reuters
A gam, pod, or herd of whales
A pod of sperm whales swimming underwater. Getty Images
