
15 fun collective nouns to use on African safari
We all know that it's a pride of lions and a herd of elephants. Big yawn (like a lion). But did you know that you get a float of crocs, and a dazzle of zebras? Here are 15 fun and apt collective nouns to pop into conversation on your next Africa safari!
1. A bloat of hippos

2. A tower of giraffes
3. A skulk of foxes
4. A shrewdness of apes

5. A prickle of porcupines
6. A chorus of frogs
7. A crash of rhinos

8. A memory of elephants
9. A committee of vultures

10. An aerie of hawks
The term kettle is believed to have originated from descriptions of hawk flocks looking like soup boiling in a cauldron, pot, or kettle due to the bowl-like shape of thermal currents the birds use for soaring. The birds' pattern of flight is also similar to the steam rising from a teakettle.
11. A flamboyance of flamingoes

12. A cackle of hyenas
13. A confusion of wildebeests

14. A float of crocodiles
15. A dazzle of zebras
