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  • 2022-01-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Is A Group Of Baboons Called A ‘Congress’? (en)
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  • An image shared on Facebook claims a group of baboons is called a congress. Verdict: False A group of baboons is called a troop, not a congress. Fact Check: The viral image features a picture of several dozen baboons sitting in the snow. Did you know that a large group of baboons is called a congress? reads text included in the photo. That explains a lot now, doesn’t it! Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com both list several different definitions of the word congress, none of which mention baboons. According to Merriam-Webster, the word congress can mean the act or action of coming together and meeting or the supreme legislative body of a nation and especially of a republic. Three other definitions are also listed. (RELATED: No, This Video Of Fast Turtles Is Not Real) A gathering of baboons is actually called a troop, according to Baboon Matters Trust , a baboon advocacy and education organization based in Kommetjie, South Africa. The group describes the complexity of baboon troops on a section of its website titled, Understanding Troop Hierarchy . The website does not use the word congress at any point. In an emailed statement to Check Your Fact, Dr. Linda Fedigan , a former professor of primatology and bioanthropology at the University of Calgary in Alberta and the author of Primate Paradigms: Sex Roles and Social Bonds , confirmed the term congress is not used to describe baboons. I have never heard a group of baboons called a ‘congress’ (apart from some nonsense that is circulating on social media), said Fedigan. The collective noun for a group of baboons is a ‘troop.' (en)
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