RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Southernmost Texas boasts a fascinating variety of wildlife, and these denizens of Rio Grande Valley wildlands sport a dazzling array of animal appellations, such as this “congregation” of gators.

If you spot a group of javelina, then you can correctly refer to them as a "squadron".

When it is a gathering of wild pigs, the correct nomenclature is a “sounder”. Apparently, this is due to the porcine sounds the creatures create.

Now, when it comes to rattlesnakes, if you are fortunate enough to see several together, then that is a “rhumba.” Supposedly, all that rattling might make you want to dance or perhaps dash.

Guess what a group of tortoises is called? That would be a “creep,” and obviously, regarding their somewhat ponderous gait.

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