shrewdness of apes.... Never heard that one before.
flange of baboons.... Flange?
grist of bees.... Grist?
dissimulation of birds
sedge of bitterns.... What is Segde, more to the point WTF is a Bittern?
chain of bobolinks.... Bobilink?
destruction of cats..... Where is that cool smilie.
herd of chamois.... Chamois?
quiver of cobras.... I should remember that one, quivers of Cobras are quite common here.
storytelling of crows.... I bet that any Crow has a few stories to tell.
bevy of doves.... drunk Doves?
memory of elephants.... Elephants never forget.
gang of elk.... Don't fuck with the Elk.
implausibility of gnus.... Implausible.
prickle of hedgehogs.... no shit!
deceit of lapwings.... Never trust a lapwing.
lounge of lizards.... Ah, So THAT's where the term "Lounge lizard" comes from.
mischief of mice.... Naughty little buggers them mice.
ostentation of peacocks.... Absolutely, those ostentatious cocks.
rhumba of rattlesnakes.... Just rattling away to that rhumba beat!
unkindness of ravens.... Horrible creatures those Ravens.
murmuration of starlings.... That one may just be a murmur.
Loads more here:
http://www.rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtmlI am sure that it is not the complete list, bust just imagine impressing your friends with: "Oh look Johnny, there's an unkindness of Raven's" Your friends will be amazed.
