A Congress of Baboons

The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals. We are all familiar with
a Herd ofcows,
a Flock of chickens,
a School of fish
and a Gaggle of geese.

However, less widely known is:
a Pride of lions,
a Murder of crows (as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens),
an Exaltation of doves
and, presumably because they look so wise:
a Parliament of owls.

Now consider a group of Baboons.  They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.  And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?

Believe it or not ……. a Congress!



A CONGRESS OF BABOONS!

I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out of Washington