• Question: why are big groups of fish called schools of fish? x

    Asked by fitnessbuddy1 to SarahJane on 25 Jun 2013.
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      Sarah-Jane Walsh answered on 25 Jun 2013:

      Why are groups of flamingos called a flamboyance of flamingos or moles called a company of moles! Some of the words come from behavior such as schooling behavior, although im not sure which word came first. Others have been made up just for fun! Check out this Wikipedia page which lists all of them, i sometimes find funny ones and try to drop them in to conversation such as wow that’s a right wedge of swans!

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names

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