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  • why is it a “murder” of crows ?
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    scaredypants
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    Because once there’s a few together, there’s always probable caws

    that is all; carry on

    ready
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    Very good (smiley face)

    In all seriousness, I do like the “Memory of Elephants” and a “Flambouyance of Flamingoes” collective nouns

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    a11y
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    My favourite is a “muddle of guinea pigs”.

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    joshvegas
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    Because once there’s a few together, there’s always probable caws

    that is all; carrion

    Ftfy

    scaredypants
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    that is all; carrion

    splendid effort !

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    lister
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    Someone did a study into all the dead crows on the hard shoulder of the M4 to find out what killed them.

    Nearly 100% of the dead birds had traces of vehicle paint on their feathers which indicated the probable cause of death.

    Further research into the paint revealed that it was all traceable to paint from trucks and lorries.

    The theory into this is that crows are very good at working collaboratively and can warn each other about danger and that they can shout ‘car!’ really well but not ‘lorry!’….

    IGMC

    gordimhor
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    An equivocation of economists

    A pork pie of politicians

    A flush of billionaires

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    jca
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    Attempted murder…

    images

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    ElShalimo
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    An argument of STWers

    cvilla
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    A Prickle of hedgehogs 🙂

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    aphex_2k
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    Some of these crow jokes aren’t worth raven about.

    nwgiles
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    ok but explain a gargle of strippers?

    ElShalimo
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    ok but explain a gargle of strippers?

    not before 9pm

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    joshvegas
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    not before 9pm

    So its a mouthwash thing?

    My nephew aged 5.

    “What did the elephant say to the naked man?”
    “How to you breathe with that little thing”

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    Cougar2
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    A swift tangent from crows to swallows?

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    CountZero
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    I’ve never been able to work out why it’s a Murder of Crows and not Ravens; you seldom see more than two Ravens together, and it always seems like they’re plotting something…

    My favourite birds, though, there was one flying around where I live being given a really hard time by a carrion crow a week or two ago.

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    thestabiliser
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    How the chough would I know?

    Cougar2
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    I’ve never been able to work out why it’s a Murder of Crows and not Ravens; you seldom see more than two Ravens together, and it always seems like they’re plotting something…

    Appropriately then, the collective noun for ravens is a parliament.

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    Bunnyhop
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    A charm of goldfinches

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    temudgin
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    A reliant of robins

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    scaredypants
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    … but a misidentification of baby robins

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    maccruiskeen
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    A shower of republicans

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    reeksy
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    A wotsit called of amnesiacs

    matt_outandabout
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    I like a parliament of owls and, my favourite, a bevvy of otters.

    funkmasterp
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    A right set of bastards

    joshvegas
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    Its a labour of moles.

    Bloody miners, always on strike.

    maccruiskeen
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    It’s a bunch of fives in the spud grinder

    timba
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    Flock of cows

    Scapegoat
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    Flock of cows

    (Go on then I’ll set it up )

    But surely it’s “herd of cows”…..

    timba
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    (Go on then I’ll set it up )

    🙂 🙂

    reeksy
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    A paddle of Platypus

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    joshvegas
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    This brings me onto a subject.

    Black Sheep coffee shops hashtag is #leavetheherd or some such nonsense.

    Its a **** flock of sheep you muppets.

    cobba
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    A shamble of electricians and a pride of fitters.

    CountZero
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    Appropriately then, the collective noun for ravens is a parliament.

    It’s a Parliament of Owls, Shirley. Took a bit of searching, but there’s several for ravens; a conspiracy, parliament, unkindness – conspiracy or unkindness are appropriate, but I still prefer a murder.
    Still, a murder of crows does trip off the tongue nicely, and it makes a good song lyric as well.

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    scaredypants
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    Somebody tried to popularise “a squad of squid” a while ago – much better than (whatever it actually is – shoal maybe ?)

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    Pyro
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    Screenshot_20241204-202542

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    Cougar2
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    Black Sheep coffee shops hashtag is #leavetheherd or some such nonsense.

    Its a **** flock of sheep you muppets.

    Leave the herd to join the flock?

    kormoran
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    A nave of vicars

    reeksy
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    Its a **** flock of sheep you muppets.

    Shirley it’s a Creature Shop of Muppets?

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    Greybeard
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    Apparently a crow has 15 primary wing feathers, and a raven has 16

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    .so the difference between a crow and a raven is just a matter of a pinion

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