27 hilarious (but totally real) names for groups of animals

A grumble of pugs, an embarrassment of pandas, a kindle of kittens! A Compendium of Collective Nouns by Woop Studios offers the accurate but wild word for every animal pack under the sun… the baboon one is a classic! Here’s our guide to remembering which is which.

How to remember: “I hate work,” one pug grumbled to the grumble of pugs. “The boss treats us like dogs.”

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How to remember: Our daughter browsed LOLCats on her tablet, cooing over a kindle of kittens on her Kindle.

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How to remember: Q: What’s the difference between the U.S. Congress and a congress of baboons? A: One is a pack of rowdy primates – and the other is a group of baboons. (Hey-oh!)

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How to remember: The bloat of hippopotamuses felt bloated after lunch, but thankfully it was a short walk back to the swamp from the drive-through.

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How to remember: After slipping in a puddle of duck droppings, Father angrily stormed around looking for the dropping of ducks that dropped it.

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