I'm not complaining but what's with the sea critter theme for Fluther avatars and awards?

A Fluther is a grouping of Jellyfish.

The name itself is aquatic – why not keep up the theme? This is from the Help page:

A fluther is a group of jellyfish, like a gaggle of geese or a run of salmon. “Fluther” is pronounced /‘flʌ ðɚ/, and rhymes with “brother” and “mother”.

I wonder who started it and what the other ideas/options were (if any), as in:
At brain-storming session of good people who started Fluther:
<Project Manager>: Well people, we have a winner here but what the heck do we call it?
<Nerd #1>: Ugggh, ... Ooooooooh I know! How about this tree thing coz y’know… trees sprout branches and fruit – kinda like answers ,,
<Nerd #2>: Hmmmph
etc. etc. until somehow we ended up with Fluther…?

It was decided upon by the founders. Here is a video interview that mentions it.

I don’t know, but I couldn’t imagine this place without it.

Our founders were looking for a name that implied a cooperative group, and Fluther happened to be available. The sea theme naturally followed.

It’s pronounced /‘flʌ ðɚ/, ??? WTH @Seelix?!!

Weren’t they at the LA zoo or some aquatic place when they came up with the idea @augustlan?

@Dutchess_III I think they were in college on the east coast when they came up with Fluther, but I could be wrong.

The idea for Fluther came post college but the founders met in college. They were looking for a cute collective noun and Fluther came up as an unused one. The rest – as they say – is hsitory.

@janbb [You are SO modded for spelling error!!!]

@janbb should know, she and her son were in on the ground floor or really, the ocean floor, when Fluther came into being.

@Dutchess_III Because a gal has a stutter, you make fun of her.

Because this is the only place where shark VS zombie makes sense. :D

@Dutchess_III – I just copied and pasted that directly from the Help page.

O how funny @Seelix!

Of course I made fun of you! That’s what we “Colossal Squids” do!