What is a group of elephants called?

The family group is called a herd. A herd is made of all the mother elephants and their babies. There might be six to 12 members in a family. Female elephants stay in the herd forever.
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Is a group of elephants called a parade?

A group of elephants is commonly called a herd or, less commonly, a parade! Above all else, herds are family groups. Herds vary significantly in size, but their structure is consistently multigenerational and matriarchal. A typical herd is led by one female elephant matriarch.
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What is a group of zebras called?

A group of zebras can also be called a herd of zebras or a zeal of zebras, but those aren't quite as much fun.
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What is a group of crocodiles called?

A bask of crocodiles

Crocodiles are cold-blooded creatures, meaning they can't regulate their own body temperature and rely on the surrounding temperature to do it for them.
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What do you call a group of monkeys?

• Monkeys: a barrel or a troop.
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What is a group of koalas called?

There's no collective noun for a group of Koalas moving around together because Koalas don't move around in groups like dolphins or some birds.
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What is a group of snakes called?

A group is called a snake den or pit. When someone refers to a snake den, the word den is being used as a collective noun. The collective noun highlights the fact that there's more than one snake in the group. Along with den and pit, a person may use another collective noun like a snake knot or even a snake bed.
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What are a group of giraffes called?

Take giraffe for example: “a tower” is their collective noun, and we can't think of a better way to describe a group of these gangly giants, towering as they do above all but the tallest trees around them. A group of giraffe are called a 'tower', which is a great example of collective nouns at their descriptive best.
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What is a group of sloths called?

A Snuggle of Sloths

As you can see, a “snuggle” of sloths was the resounding winner, which now makes this the most popular term for a group of sloths!
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What is a group of owls?

“Did you know that a group of owls is called a 'parliament'?” “Did you know that a group of jellyfish is called a 'smack'?” “Did you know that a group of Indonesian mountain weasels is called a 'bubble gum'?”
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What is a group of sharks?

A Shiver of Sharks

One of our favourite collective nouns on the list is the name for a group of sharks – a 'shiver'.
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What is a group of foxes called?

A group of foxes is called a skulk. The word skulk comes from a Scandinavian word, and generally means to wait, lurk or move stealthily. Foxes have a bit of a reputation for being sneaky so this word seems to work quite well!
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What is a group of octopus called?

The cephalopods do have eight tentacles and there may be three ways to describe a group of them, but only one is technically correct. Grammatically speaking, the plural for octopus is octopuses. As the Merriam-Webster dictionary points out, people use three different terms, however: octopi, octopuses, and octopodes.
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What is a group of jellyfish called?

A smack of jellyfish

Other collective nouns for a group of jellyfish are bloom or swarm. But, we think smack is most descriptive.
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What is a group of donkeys called?

A group of donkeys is called a drove.
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What is a group of goats called?

Goat. A herd, tribe or trip goats.
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What is a group of Platypus called?

A PADDLE of Platypus

The cutest collective noun since a 'Cuddle' of puppies or a 'Waddle' of penguins.
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What is a group of gorillas called?

When gorillas are in a group, they are often referred to as a troop. In the wild and in human care, gorillas find themselves in both family and bachelor troops. Western lowland gorilla families typically consist of around three to 11 individuals.
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What is a group of hedgehogs called?

Hedgehogs are insectivores, meaning they love the bugs in your garden. 9. A group of hedgehogs is called an 'array'.
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What is a herd of camels called?

A group of camels is also known as this.

A group of camels is called a "caravan."
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What is a group of hyenas called?

Spotted hyenas are highly social animals, forming large groups called clans, which range from 6 to over 100 members.
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What is a group of dogs called?

dogs. pack, mute, kennel.
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What do you call a group of cheetahs?

A group of cheetah is called a coalition. Coalitions are typically made up of two to three male cheetah, and are usually established amongst brothers.
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What is a group of otters called?

A group of resting otters is called a raft.

Otters love to rest in groups. Researchers have seen concentrations of over 1,000 otters floating together. To keep from drifting away from each other, sea otters will wrap themselves up in seaweed, forming something that resembles a raft.
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What is the name of the group of tigers?

A group of tigers is called a “streak”, but they rarely gather in the wild. A group of tigers is known as a “streak” or an “ambush” of tigers. Tigers are naturally solitary animals, spending most of their day alone and roaming their hunting grounds.
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