# A Gaggle of Grizzlies?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 13, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gaggle-of-grizzlies/174842 "2003-05-13T01:05:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![greenvegan80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@greenvegan80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenvegan80)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gaggle-of-grizzlies/174842/1 "2003-05-13T01:05:24Z")

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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?

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gaggle-of-grizzlies/174842/2 "2003-05-13T01:24:29Z")

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Google [collective name bears]

First hit.

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gaggle-of-grizzlies/174842/3 "2003-05-13T01:28:03Z")

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FWIW, science does not give these names; most of them were assigned by amateur naturalists, poets, and other whimsical folk.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gaggle-of-grizzlies/174842/4 "2003-05-13T03:44:50Z")

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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).

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Joe\_Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Random)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gaggle-of-grizzlies/174842/5 "2003-05-13T06:27:44Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*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”?

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**Author:** ![stoyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@stoyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stoyel)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gaggle-of-grizzlies/174842/6 "2003-05-13T06:51:00Z")

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A sorority.

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**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gaggle-of-grizzlies/174842/7 "2003-05-13T10:40:17Z")

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😃

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**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gaggle-of-grizzlies/174842/8 "2003-05-13T14:18:50Z")

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Moosen!

/Bryan Regan