Animal Names and Groupings

My wife and I were talking the other night and she wondered why baby turtles didn't have a name (e.g. puppy, kitten, cub, etc).  It turns out, they do.  A baby turtle is a hatchling and a group of turtles is a bale.  You can find out lots and lots about this here.  My favorites:

• An ambush of leapards
• A shiver of sharks
• A mischief of rats
• An ostentation of peacocks
• A parliament of owls
• A lice of louse
• A smack of jellyfish
• A charm of hummingbirds
• A shrewdness of apes

12 Sept 2011