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bet u didn't know these!

A pack, mute or cry of hounds
A smack of jellyfish
A troop or mob of kangaroos
A kindle or litter of kittens
An ascension or exaultation of larks
A leap (leep) of leopards
A pride of lions
A plague of locusts
A tiding of magpies
A sord of mallards
A stud of mares
A richness of martens
A labour of moles
A troop of monkeys
A barren or span of mules
A parliament of owls
A yoke, drove, team or herd of oxen
A company of parrots
A covey of partridges
A muster or ostentation of peacocks
A nide (nye) or bouquet of pheasants
A flight of pigeons
A wing or congregation of plovers
A string of ponies
A covey or bevy of quail
A nest of rabbits
A pack or swarm of rats
A rhumba of rattlesnakes
An unkindness of ravens
A crash or herd of rhinos
A bevy of roebucks
A building or clamour of rooks
A drove or flock of sheep
A walk or wisp of snipe
A host of sparrows
A dray of squirrels
A murmuration of starlings
A mustering of storks
A flight of swallows
A bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge of swans
A flock of swifts
A sounder or drift of swine
A spring of teal
A knot of toads
A hover of trout
A rafter of turkeys
A pitying or dule of turtledoves
A bale of turtles
A gam of whales
A route of wolves
A fall of woodcocks
A descent of woodpeckers
A herd of antelope
An army of ants
A shrewdness of apes
A pace of asses
A culture of bacteria
A cete of badgers
A shoal of bass
A sleuth or sloth of bears
A colony of beavers
A swarm, grist or hive of bees
A flock, flight, congregation or volery of birds
A sedge or siege of bitterns
A sounder of boars
A brace or clash of bucks
A clowder or clutter of cats
A drove of cattle
A peep of chickens
A chattering of chicks
A bed of clams
A quiver of cobras
A rag of colts
A cover of coots
A kine of cows (twelve cows are a flink)
A band of coyote
A float of crocodiles
A murder of crows
A litter of cubs
A cowardice of curs
A dule of doves
A brace, paddling or team of ducks
A clutch of eggs
A pod of elephant seals
A gang of elks
A mob of emus
A business or fesnyng of ferrets
A charm of finches
A school, shoal, run, haul, catch or draught of fish
A swarm of flies
A skulk or leash of foxes
A flock, gaggle or skein (in flight) of geese
A cloud or horde of gnats
A tribe or trip of goats
A leash of greyhounds
A down or husk of hares
A cast or kettle of hawks
A brood of hens
A hedge of herons
A drift, or parcel of hogs
A team, pair or harras of horses

I tear
when i see people hugging
one another.

when husbands hug their wives.
when boyfriends hug their girls.
they put their arms around shoulders, waists, backs, necks.
they envelope each other wholly.

no inch of space between bodies.
a skin-to-skin, heart-to-heart hug.

I tear
because i feel hugged too
even though there is no one beside me.