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greenvegan80
05-12-2003, 08:05 PM
Science certainly gives strange names to animals when they congregate. Here are some that I have heard:

geese-skein

crows-murder

cows-herd:)

My question is: has anyone heard of a name for a group of bears? Football jokes aside, I realise that bears do not typically congregate, so maybe there is not one in common usage. Any thoughts?

Earl Snake-Hips Tucker
05-12-2003, 08:24 PM
Google [collective name bears]

First hit.

Nametag
05-12-2003, 08:28 PM
FWIW, science does not give these names; most of them were assigned by amateur naturalists, poets, and other whimsical folk.

Morgyn
05-12-2003, 10:44 PM
FWIW, geese are a skein only when flying. On the ground, they're a flock, and afloat, they're a gaggle. A group of bears is a called a sloth.

I think Cecil did a column on this once, but the only one I can find right now is on what the proper name is for a particular animal's dropping (http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_287b.html).

Joe Random
05-13-2003, 01:27 AM
Originally posted by MartL
Watch HOT chicks getting fucked hard on videos and on webcams with sound now! So what do you call a group of "HOT chicks getting fucked hard"?

stoyel
05-13-2003, 01:51 AM
A sorority.

Marlitharn
05-13-2003, 05:40 AM
:D

bafaa
05-13-2003, 09:18 AM
Moosen!

/Bryan Regan