A Parliament of Owls?

           There are some unusual collective nouns (thank you English Language A level) floating around; a congregation of alligators suggests that in between munching on innocent (probably cute) creatures they all get together, sing hymns, eat and drink the bread and wine of alligator Jesus and repent their sins; a court of kangaroos suggests that they have some kind of expertise in judgment; and a nursery of raccoons suggests it wouldn't be a bad idea to leave your kids under their supervision. But the one that gets me is a parliament of owls.
            When did someone decide that owls are wise? Who received advice off an owl that made them consider these creatures so special? And what exactly did the owl say? Don't get me wrong, I like owls. They're aesthetically pleasing and I like their hoot, but never have I considered them wise, despite the common misconception surrounding them. So what drives this misconception? Firstly people have drawn attention to the face of an owl, its eyes and markings that create an image of age and wisdom. I agree that owls' faces do give off that impression but looks can be deceiving. I bet Icarus looked pretty wise with his big wings.
             A couple of other things that might conceive wisdom are their nocturnality and their eyesight. Hedgehogs are nocturnal too. All they seem to do is get caught in football goals and get run over. Not wise. And the colossal squid has tremendous eyesight, however there's no way those things can be wise. There's no way an animal who I can very easily imagine moving frantically around going 'Blub blub blub blub blub blub!' be wise. I must confess that one is a very specific personal view... you... you probably don't feel the same.
          I've been pointed the direction of some specific wise owls, namely Archimedes from The Sword and the Stone and the astutely named 'Owl' (genius) of Winnie the Pooh. Both these owls do show remarkable wisdom at times, however newsflash people... films aren't 100% accurate and often bend or exaggerate truths. I'm sure these two owls have average wisdom in real life, but in the films they're made out to be a lot wiser than usual. It's what films do! Do you really think all those Jews got killed like in Schindler's List?
         So owls aren't wise and people shouldn't think otherwise, and a group of them certainly shouldn't be referred to as a parliament. This conveys that they'd be suitable to run a country when we all know that no one is... Come to think so it, the people in parliament don't seem too wise. Perhaps we don't need to remove this particular collective noun (I got an A by the way) from our vocabulary, however only if we are to stop thinking owls have any unnatural wisdom that makes them so special. Yes, without the imagination of wisdom, owls are a suitable analogy for a modern conservative parliament, strutting around try to pick off the mice to make themselves stronger, but that's another rant, and really, who gives a hoot (you see, I just had to put it in somewhere. I realise it isn't particularly relevant nor does it add anything to the article, but to have an article about owls and to not use that idiom is just ignorant, and I'd prefer to be a bad writer than ignorant).