Save the Animal Kingdom! #7

I present to you installment #7 from my blog thread describing what to call groups of animals … See how many you can guess. Answers listed at the bottom of the page. (I’m especially proud of No. 5 on this week’s list!)

1. Their knot knotted in the mud.
2. He heard the murmuration’s murmurs.
3. Unblinking, the stare stared back.
4. The dole didn’t look doleful.
5. The earth’s earth was in the earth. ***
6. Stuffy noses don’t suit a sute.

Stare, Raptor rescue center, Australia

Dole, Wong Tai Sin Medicine Temple, New Territories, China

Answers:

1. Knot of toads [1]
2. Murmuration of starlings
3. Stare of owls [2]
4. Dole of turtles [3]
5. Earth of foxes; place the vixen (female fox) searches out to raise her kits; ground she finds the earth in. ***3 uses of the word! [4]
6. Sute of bloodhounds

Knot member, back trails Cranberry Lake, Adirondacks USA

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NOTES: [1] In the last 30 years the toad population in England alone has plummeted 70%. www.telegraph.co.uk [2] Around one-third of owl species in the world are endangered or at risk. Owls reference page [3] “Of the 207 species of turtle and tortoise alive today, 129 of them are listed by IUCN as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered.” Tree Hugger [4] In 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Sierra Nevada red fox under the Endangered Species Act. Trump wants to remove the Endangered Species Act. ©Jadi Campbell 2025. All photos ©Uwe Hartmann or Jadi Campbell. To see more of Uwe’s animal photos and pics from our trips go to viewpics.de.  Fun animal names from www.writers-free-reference.com, Mother Nature Network and www.reference.com.

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Save the Animal Kingdom! #5

Another installment from my blog thread describing what to call groups of animals … See how many you can guess. Answers listed at the bottom of the page.

1. The generation generated alarm in the audience.
2. I was not bowled over by the barrel barreling towards us….
3. A big congregation congregated on the beach.
4. The turn turned again towards the sun.
5. The horde should have hoarded their food.
6. The fleet fleet ran off.

Answers:

Generation, Snake Farm (Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute), Bangkok Thailand

1. Generation of vipers [1]
2. Barrel of monkeys
3. Congregation of plovers
4. Turn of turtles [2]
5. Horde of hamsters
6. Fleet of mud hens

Barrel, southern Thailand

Turn, Wong Tai Sin Medicine Temple, New Territories, China

I’m beyond dismayed – I am furious. The Trump administration is gutting environmental protections. Take action. Speak up! Write letters, make phone calls, donate to organizations like the Environmental Defense Fund and Greenpeace. Volunteer.

NOTES: [1] Endangered: both exotic and domestic snake species Endangered Snakes List Although vipers represent only 9% of all the snake species that exist on the planet, they currently represent about 17% of the 429 snakes listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List. https://viperconservation.org [2]Endangered: 62% of all turtle species. Critically Endangered Turtle Species © Jadi Campbell 2025. All photos © Uwe Hartmann. To see more of Uwe’s animal photos and pics from our trips go to viewpics.de.  Fun animal names from www.writers-free-reference.com, Mother Nature Network and www.reference.com.

I am a Best American Essays-nominated writer. My books are Broken In: A Novel in Stories, Tsunami Cowboys, Grounded, The Trail Back Out, and The Taste of Your Name. Recent awards include Finalist for the 2025 Compass Press Book Award for The Taste of Your Name and Finalist for Greece’s Eyelands 11th International Short Story Contest.

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