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1. The living habits of lobsters can vary between species but if you were to find a group of lobsters, what name would you give the group? It sounds rather like a hazardous board game played all over the world.
2. Are you enthusiastic about striped equines? If so, you should be able to select the collective name for a group of zebras.
3. Many animals have more than one name for their groups. This animal can be called a colony, pod, rookery, harem, herd, spring, team, bob or crash! Spending time both in the water and on land, which mammal can be grouped together with all these names?
4. There are two hawks in the sky. You watch as they spiral down towards Earth with their claws interlocked. You feel rather superior because you know that a pair of hawks in this spiralling formation is called by which of these names?
5. In Australia, the term 'muster' usually refers to gathering your livestock, usually cattle or sheep. Muster (or mustering) is also the collective name for a group of birds found on several continents. Which of these birds gathers together in a muster?
6. There are over 500 species of salamanders on Earth. Most of them spend at least part of their lives in water. It seems fitting then that the collective name for a group of salamanders is also the name of a feature found in some bodies of water. What do you call a group of salamanders?
7. Crabs aren't known for their business acumen but the collective name for a group of crabs has a business-like ring to it. If you saw a group of crabs working together at the stock market, what would you call them?
8. I dare say if Spongebob Squarepants put on a show on the ocean floor he'd have an audience. Which sea creatures with multiple appendages gather together in a group called an audience?
9. Spiders probably aren't the tidiest of creatures. Their webs gather dust, leaves and insects, and the disorganised rabble of baby spiders hatching from a web can appear rather chaotic. What do you call a group of spiders?
10. Sharks are cold-blooded creatures who swim in waters all over the world. Perhaps they feel the cold a little though as the collective name for a group of sharks sounds a little cool. What is it?
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