{"id":1201487,"date":"2022-01-09T10:19:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T15:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1201487"},"modified":"2022-01-09T10:19:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T15:19:12","slug":"fact-check-is-a-group-of-baboons-called-a-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-is-a-group-of-baboons-called-a-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Is A Group Of Baboons Called A \u2018Congress\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-is-a-group-of-baboons-called-a-congress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1201487&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Standing4America\/photos\/a.100760191473232\/500477784834802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;claims a group of baboons is called a \u201ccongress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A group of baboons is called a \u201ctroop,\u201d not a \u201ccongress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The viral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=435685111538737&amp;set=gm.5022232011177347&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> features a picture of several dozen baboons sitting in the snow. \u201cDid you know that a large group of baboons is called a congress?\u201d reads text included in the photo. \u201cThat explains a lot now, doesn\u2019t it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Merriam-Webster<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dictionary.com<\/a> both list several different definitions of the word \u201ccongress,\u201d none of which mention baboons. According to Merriam-Webster, the word \u201ccongress\u201d can mean \u201cthe act or action of coming together and meeting\u201d or \u201cthe supreme legislative body of a nation and especially of a republic.\u201d Three other definitions are also listed. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/09\/fact-check-fast-turtles-not-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: No, This Video Of Fast Turtles Is Not Real)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A gathering of baboons is actually called a \u201ctroop,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/baboonmatters.org.za\/baboons\/understanding-troop-hierarchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baboon Matters Trust<\/a>, 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, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/baboonmatters.org.za\/baboons\/understanding-troop-hierarchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Understanding Troop Hierarchy<\/a>.\u201d The website does not use the word \u201ccongress\u201d at any point.<\/p>\n<p>In an emailed statement to Check Your Fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.ucalgary.ca\/~fedigan\/fedigan.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Linda Fedigan<\/a>, a former professor of primatology and bioanthropology at the University of Calgary in Alberta and the author of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Primate-Paradigms-Roles-Social-Bonds\/dp\/0226239489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Primate Paradigms: Sex Roles and Social Bonds<\/a>,\u201d confirmed the term \u201ccongress\u201d is not used to describe baboons. \u201cI have never heard a group of baboons called a \u2018congress\u2019 (apart from some nonsense that is circulating on social media),\u201d said Fedigan. \u201cThe collective noun for a group of baboons is a \u2018troop.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook\u00a0claims a group of baboons is called a \u201ccongress.\u201dVerdict: False A group of baboons is called a \u201ctroop,\u201d not a \u201ccongress.\u201d Fact Check: The viral image &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1201487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1201487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1201487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1201487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1201487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}