Nachtrag:

Several people there felt that such collective nouns are only ever used for trivia quizzes and lists of obscure collective nouns, and in practice normal peolpe would say "flock / group of crows". (I agree with this viewpoint.)

Siehe auch: Group nouns for animals/ Bezeichnungen von Ti... - #3

Ich hab' ob der vielen Leerzeilen mal um deren Entfernung gebeten Siehe auch: Korrekturitos II – Tippfehlerkorrekturfaden - #153

Erzählen die dir die Leute regelmäßig was von der unkindness of ravens in ihrem Garten?

LOL!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names

Writing for Audubon, Nicholas Lund says that many such terms are not used in actuality. When he interviewed scientists who specialize in studying specific animals, they had not heard of these terms, such as a "bask" of crocodiles or "wisdom" of wombats, being applied in their fields. Lund noted that the common plural nouns for animals were "flock" for birds and "herd" for cows, conceding that for certain animals in small groups, there was currency in usage such as a "pod" of whales or "gaggle" of geese.[111]

https://www.audubon.org/news/no-its-not-actua...

> Do you ever refer to a group of wombats as a “wisdom”?

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> Dr. Lindsay Hogan, Australian marsupial biologist: “Wombats do not form groups in the wild.”

We'll use the generic terms, but the specific ones? No. They sound like something someone made up yesterday. Why are the sharks cold? If these terms were ever real and used, they are not now.

I generally agree with Nicholas Lund. He argues that even scientists don't use these terms, so why should they matter?

"murder of crows" is funny, however, and a lot of people are familiar with that one. But I'd probably just use flock, because it works for all birds.

please a native speaker can tell me if you in everyday language you say a shiver of sharks and a bask of crocodiles for a group of those animals.

You don't. Period.

Gerade gelesen:

"If it's a murder of crows, she thought, what's the collective noun for a group of pretty, entitled college girls? A meanness? A stiletto?"

Aus: Hermit by S.R. White.