Cormorants

Cormorants

While driving along Niagara Parkway, I saw this gulp (collective noun for cormorants) of cormorants.

* I've always wondered what/where/who is the origin of these bizarre collective nouns for animals groups.

Some of the more interesting collective nouns for animals...

~ A Shrewdness of ape

~ A Bloat of hippos

~ A Leap o' leopards

~ A Parliament of owls

~ A Convocation of eagles

~ A Dray of squirrels

~ An Unkindness of ravens

~ A Pandemonium of parrots

~ A Kit of pigeons

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