Quote Originally Posted by nickl_2000 View Post
1: no, unless you're DM allows something odd with an animal handling check. That would be pretty generous though. Animal friendship would be pretty generous as well.

2: up to the DM really.


If you are the DM, go with what feels right. If you are the player, all the DM since there is a lot of gray area in wildshaping and druids in general.
I mean, swarms do have beast in their listed type as well as swarms, so I don't think animal friendship is generous at all