ALL ANSWERS · ANIMALS · PRE-LAUNCH · JULY 24, 2026
Size It Up Animals answer: July 24
The five Animals silhouettes for July 24, with the true sizes. If you have not played yet, this page is a spoiler — play these five first, then come back to argue with the numbers.
This pre-launch puzzle ran from a tarsier (28 cm) to a sperm whale (16 m). The widest gap was round 2, Bottlenose Dolphin against Tarsier, at 10.0×; the closest call was round 3, Moose against Great White Shark, only 1.7× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Cheetah vs Plains Zebra
Plains Zebra · reference · 2.3 m Cheetah · true length · 1.3 m 1.8× shorter than the plains zebra
A cheetah's body is about 1.3 m long — and it covers that distance in a fiftieth of a second at full sprint.
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ROUND 2
Bottlenose Dolphin vs Tarsier
Tarsier · reference · 28 cm Bottlenose Dolphin · true length · 2.8 m 10.0× longer than the tarsier
A bottlenose dolphin is about 2.8 m long and can swim at 30 km/h.
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ROUND 3
Moose (Bull) vs Great White Shark
Great White Shark · reference · 4.5 m Moose · true length · 2.7 m 1.7× shorter than the great white shark
A bull moose is about 2.7 m long — and stands 2.1 m at the shoulder.
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ROUND 4
Sperm Whale (Male) vs White-tailed Deer (Buck)
White-tailed Deer · reference · 1.9 m Sperm Whale · true length · 16 m 8.4× longer than the white-tailed deer
A bull sperm whale runs about 16 m, a third of that being head.
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ROUND 5
Great Hammerhead Shark vs Gorilla (Silverback)
Gorilla · reference · 1.7 m Great Hammerhead Shark · true length · 4 m 2.4× longer than the gorilla
A great hammerhead is about 4 m long; the head alone can be a metre wide.
Beat these tomorrow
Every round is worth up to 100 points: within 6% of the true size scores 100, half or double scores 45, five times off scores zero. The daily puzzle is the same five for everyone and refreshes at midnight in your time zone; if you want more than five, Size It Up Unlimited draws fresh pairs from the whole library for as long as you like.