![Hippos-Ngorongoro-Crater](https://images.followalice.com/34D22YTsKP7GNgFt0cR7hU/b016172fc5098592887006320e3e92dc/Hippos-Ngorongoro-Crater-1024x669.jpg?q=80&fit=fill&f=center&w=1200&h=1200)
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
![Bloat of hippos in Murchison Falls NP](https://images.followalice.com/2iQgbRP31yBlyiLiEkvHKe/270e1424d6607958e363134887f471d1/Bloat_of_hippos_in_Murchison_Falls_NP.jpg?q=80&fit=fill&f=center&w=800&h=485)
2. A tower of giraffes
3. A skulk of foxes
4. A shrewdness of apes
![Playing infant mountain gorillas](https://images.followalice.com/4tw2A6cIklbyceZTBkpwuH/5009add1a07795dd5e55827a3ef7317b/Playing-infant-mountain-gorillas-Uganda-1024x683.jpg?q=80&fit=fill&f=center&w=800&h=534)
5. A prickle of porcupines
6. A chorus of frogs
7. A crash of rhinos
![White rhinos eating grass, Big Five](https://images.followalice.com/4Yekn4q7Ttu090Pi9LPvCc/ce4334c4debdf2f91a50c87309ccbd6f/Rhino-in-Uganda-1024x680.jpg?q=80&fit=fill&f=center&w=800&h=531)
8. A memory of elephants
9. A committee of vultures
![Rรผpell's vultures Ngorongoro Crater safari](https://images.followalice.com/3t3HnF9YTvuBZp3NgA0Xlp/31daddf387c422aa81bb8a39d385d5b5/Ruepell-vultures-Ngorongoro-Crater-1024x670.jpg?q=80&fit=fill&f=center&w=800&h=523)
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
![Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania](https://images.followalice.com/4lpDqi5qgBzoGoKxtMIya0/f435764e1c118160d2b0936aa211a072/Flamingoes_Ngorongoro_Tanzania2-1024x552.jpg?q=80&fit=fill&f=center&w=800&h=431)
12. A cackle of hyenas
13. A confusion of wildebeests
![Great Wildbeest Migration](https://images.followalice.com/2pqrgJrcoNqxEyROzdJOb8/5647e6daeab02c04097d0fa026ab6858/Wildebeests_safari_Tanzania_great_migration.jpg?q=80&fit=fill&f=center&w=800&h=480)
14. A float of crocodiles
15. A dazzle of zebras
![Herd of zebras in Arusha National Park during green season](https://images.followalice.com/E8zvfMHjq8WKJWrjjNiuU/e78371aa93da6b1b8760eb393c757972/Zebras-Arusha-NP-Kilimanjoar-region-Tanzania-1024x683.jpg?q=80&fit=fill&f=center&w=800&h=534)