
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!

by Paul Kelly
6 min read
Overview:
- 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
- 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
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
