Why are fish in shoales but dolphins in schools?

Question

Why are fish in shoales but dolphins in schools?

Answer 1

Fish live in schools.

Dolphins live in pods.

A shoal is a large school of fish, so large that it looks like the sea is moving, as it would do when there are shoals.

Like in 'take the boat out across the sandbank, past the shoals and to the reef.

Answer 2

different groups of animals have different names

Answer 3

actually fish are in schools...

Answer 4

Actually, the name for a group of dolphins is a pod. A group of fish can be called a shoal or a school.

Answer 5

Dolphins are in pods.

Fishes are in schools.

A really big school of fish is a shoal.

Answer 6

cos Dolphins are more educated

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Answer 7

Dolphins aren't fish and they live in pods.

Answer 8

Same reason that some are in clutches, prides, bevies, packs, groups, etc. Persons have attempted to find names for each group of animals but have run into too many groups of animals and too few names. Same for pups, litters, etc, groups of young.