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The black mamba, (fourth photo, second to last row), is the longest venomous snake in Africa, averaging around 8 to 10 feet in length, sometimes growing up to 14.6 feet. It is named for the black color of the inside of the mouth rather than the color of its scales which varies from dull yellowish-green to a gun-metal gray. It is the fastest snake in the world, capable of moving at 12 mph). It has a reputation for being aggressive and highly venomous and is among the world's most venomous land snakes.
Albatross: Rookery
Alligators: Congregation
Apes: Shrewdness, Troop
Antelope: Herd
Ants: Colony, Army, Swarm, Nest
Asses: Pace, Herd, Drove
Baboons: Troop, Flange
Bacteria: Culture
Badgers: Cete, Colony, Set, Company
Barracudas: Battery
Bats: Colony, Cloud
Bass: Shoal
Bears: (General) Sloth, Sleuth
Bears: (Cubs) Litter
Beavers: Colony, Family
Bees: Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest
Birds: (Chicks) Brood, Clutch
Birds: (Flight) Flight
Birds: (Game) Volary, Brace, Plump, Knob
Birds: (Ground) Flock, Dissimulation
Birds: (Sea) Wreck
Bison: Herd
Bloodhounds: Sute
Buffalo: Herd, Troop, Gang, Obstinancy
Butterflies: Flight, Flutter
Buzzards: Wake
Camels: Caravan, Train, Flock
Capons: Mews
Caribou: Herd
Caterpillars: Army
Cats: (General) Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare
Cats: (Kittens) Kindle, Litter, Intrigue
Cats: (Wild) Destruction
Cattle: Drove, Herd, Team
Cheetahs: Coalition
Chickens: (General) Brood, Peep
Chickens: (Chicks) Clutch, Chattering
Chinchilla: Colony
Clams: Bed
Cobras: Quiver
Cockroaches: Intrusion
Cod: Lap
Cormorants: Gulp
Cows: Kine
Coyotes: Band
Crabs: Cast
Cranes: Sedge, Seige
Crocodiles: Bask, Float
Crows: Murder, Horde, Parcel, Storytelling
Deer: (General) Herd, Leash, Gang
Deer: (Buck) Brace, Clash
Deer: (Roe) Bevy
Dogs: (General) Kennel
Dogs: (Curs) Cowardice
Dogs: (Hounds) Cry, Mute, Pack
Dogs: (Puppies) Litter
Dogs: (Wild) Pack
Dolphins: Pod
Donkeys: Drove, Pace, Herd
Doves: (General) Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Paddling
Doves: (Turtle) Pitying, Piteousness
Ducks: (Flight) Flock
Ducks: (Ground) Brace, badling
Ducks: (Water) Raft, Team, Paddling
Eagles: Convocation, Aerie
Eels: Swarm, Bed, Fry
Elephants: Herd, Memory
Elk: Gang, Herd
Emus: Mob
Falcons: Cast
Ferrets: Business, Cast, Fesnying
Finches: Charm
Fish: (General) Draft, Nest, Shoal, School/Shoal
Fish: (Caught) Catch, Drought, Haul
Flamingoes: Stand, Flamboyance
Flies: Business, Swarm, Cloud
Frogs: Army, Colony, Knot
Fox: Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop
Geese: (General) Flock
Geese: (Flight) Skein
Geese: (Ground) Gaggle, Herd, Corps
Giraffes: Tower
Gnats: Cloud, Horde, Swarm
Gnus: Implausibility
Goats: Tribe, Trip, Drove, Herd, Flock
Goldfinches: Charm
Goldfish: Glint, Troubling
Gorillas: Band, Troop
Goshawks: Flight
Grasshoppers: Cloud
Greyhounds: Leash
Grouse: Pack, Covey
Gulls: Colony, Screech
Guinea: Fowl Confusion
Hawks: (General) Cast
Hawks: (Flight) Kettle
Hawks: (Spiraling) Boil
Hedgehogs: Array
Herons: Sedge, Siege, Hedge
Herring: Army, Shoal
Hippopotamuses: Bloat
Hornets: Nest, Bike
Horses: (General) Team, Harras, Stable, Troop
Horses: (Colts) Rag, Rake
Horses: (Ponies) String
Horses: (Wild) Herd
Hummingbirds: Charm
Hyenas: Cackle, Clan
Impalas: Herd
Insects: Horde, Nest, Swarm, Rabble, Plague
Jays: Party, Scold, Band
Jellyfish: Smack, Brood
Kangaroos: Troop, Mob, Herd
Larks: Exaltation, Ascension
Leopards: Leap
Lice: Flock
Lions: Pride, Sault, Troop
Lizards: Lounge
Locusts: Plague
Magpies: Tiding, Gulp, Murder, Charm
Mallards: (General) Brace
Mallards: (Flight) Sord
Martens: Richness
Mice: Mischief
Midges: Bite
Minnows: Shoal, Steam, Swarm
Moles: Labor, Company, Movement
Monkeys: Troop, Barrel, Carload, Cartload, Tribe
Moose: Herd
Mosquitoes: Scourge
Mudhens: Fleet
Mules: Pack, Span, Barren, Rake
Nightingales: Watch
Otters: Romp, Bevy, Family, Raft
Owls: Parliament, Stare
Oxen: Team, Yoke, Drove
Oysters: Bed
Parrots: Company, Pandemonium
Partridge: Covey, Bew
Peacocks: Muster, Ostentation, Pride
Pekingese: Pomp
Pelicans: Pod
Penguins: (General) Colony, Rookery, Huddle
Penguins: (Nursery) Crèche
Pheasants: (General) Nest, Nye
Pheasants: (Brood) Nide
Pheasants: (Take-Off) Bouquet
Pigeons: Flight, Flock, Kit
Pigs: (General) Drift, Drove
Pigs: (Boars) Singular, Sounder
Pigs: (Hogs) Team, Passel, Drift, Parcel
Pigs: (Piglets) Litter, Farrow
Pigs: (Swine) Sounder
Polecats: Chine
Porcupines: Prickle
Porpoises: Herd, Pod, School, Crowd, Shoal
Prairie Dogs: Coterie
Quail: Bevy, Covey
Rabbits: (General) Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip
Rabbits: (Domestic) Herd
Rabbits: (Hares) Down, Husk
Rabbits: (Jackrabbit) Husk
Rabbits: (Young) Litter, Nest
Raccoons: Gaze
Rats: Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm
Rattlesnakes: Rhumba
Ravens: Unkindness, Storytelling
Reindeer: Herd
Rhinoceroses: Crash, Stubbornness
Rooks: Building, Clamor, Parliament
Salamandars: Congress
Salmon: Run
Sandpipers: Fling
Sardines: Family
Scorpions: Bed, Nest
Seabirds: Wreck
Seals: Pod, Bob, Harem, Herd, Rookery
Sharks: Shiver, School, Shoal
Sheep: Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold, Pack, Trip
Skylarks: Exultation
Squirrels: Dray, Scurry
Snails: Escargatoire, Rout, Walk
Snakes: Den, Nest, Pit, Bed, Knot
Snipe: Walk, Wisp
Sparrows: Host
Spiders: Cluster, Clutter
Springbok:v Herd
Squirrels: Dray, Scurry
Starlings: Murmuration, Chattering
Stingrays: Fever
Stoats: Pack, Trip
Storks: Mustering, Muster
Swallows: Flight, Gulp
Swans: (General) Bevy, Bank, Herd
Swans: (Flight) Wedge, Flight
Termites: Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood
Thrush: Mutation
Tigers: Streak, Ambush
Toads: Knot, Knab, Nest
Trout: Hover
Turkeys: Rafter, Gang, Posse
Turtles: Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole
Turtle: Doves Pitying, Dule
Vipers: Generation, Nest
Vultures: Venue
Vultures: (Circling) Kettle
Walruses: Herd, Pod
Wasps: Nest, Swarm
Waterfowl: Knob, Plump
Weasles: Gang, Colony, Pack
Whales: Pod, Gam, Herd, School, Mod
Wildfowl: Plump
Wolves: (General) Pack
Wolves: (Moving) Route, Rout
Wombats: Wisdom
Woodpeckers: Descent
Worms: Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat
Wrens: Herd
Zebras: Zeal, Crossing, Dazzle, Cohorts, Herd
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