Given the opportunity and the proper protection, many species have the remarkable ability to bounce back. Thanks to the hard work of conservationists, we are once again able to witness a sedge of wild Whooping Cranes, a busyness of Black-footed Ferrets, and a flock of Great Green Macaws in the wild. Our neighbors here in Costa Rica, Ara Manzanillo, are successfully reintroducing Great Green Macaws, a stunning bird that was once locally extinct. The Black-footed Ferret, thought extinct on two separate occasions has also made an incredible comeback.
#FLOCK OF CROWS CALLED HOW TO#
Through careful breeding programs and by teaching Whooping Cranes how to migrate using airplanes their numbers have rebounded to over 500 cranes in 2018. In 1941, there were only 15 whooping cranes left in the wild. The famous extinction of the passenger pigeon, the decimation of the American bison, and the many more species today whose numbers are dwindling due to habitat loss, poaching, the pet trade, and climate change – just to name a few.īut in addition to the losses, there have been incredible stories of recovery. Lewis’s famous book, The Chronicles of Narnia.Īlthough it is a whimsical activity to come up with names of animals in groups, I think it should be recognized that many of our great herds, schools, and flocks of animals have disappeared over the course of the last few centuries.
A parliament of owls may have originated with the Greek goddess of wisdom (Athena) which was later referenced in Chaucer’s poem “The Parliament of Fowls” and in C.S. In 15th century England, coming up with names for game animals was a popular pastime and many of the collective nouns we know today were created during that time period.Ī murder of crows, as the name suggests, likely came from the suspicions of 15th century peasants that a group of crows was a bad omen. What about a parliament of owls? A shrewdness of apes? A bloat of hippopotamuses? Who came up with these terms?Īs it turns out, collective nouns (the words used to describe gatherings of things, particularly people and animals) date back to the middle ages, though collective nouns continue to evolve to this day. You have probably heard of a murder of crows.
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