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ALL ANSWERS · ANIMALS · PRE-LAUNCH · AUGUST 31, 2026

Size It Up Animals answer: August 31

The five Animals silhouettes for August 31, 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 great horned owl (55 cm) to a blue whale (27 m). The widest gap was round 4, Blue Whale against Great Horned Owl, at 49×; the closest call was round 1, Cheetah against Greater Flamingo, only 1.0× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.

  1. ROUND 1

    Cheetah vs Greater Flamingo

    Greater Flamingo · reference · 1.3 m
    Cheetah · true length · 1.3 m

    1.0× longer than the greater flamingo

    A cheetah's body is about 1.3 m long — and it covers that distance in a fiftieth of a second at full sprint.

  2. ROUND 2

    Great Hammerhead Shark vs Bottlenose Dolphin

    Bottlenose Dolphin · reference · 2.8 m
    Great Hammerhead Shark · true length · 4 m

    1.4× longer than the bottlenose dolphin

    A great hammerhead is about 4 m long; the head alone can be a metre wide.

  3. ROUND 3

    Holstein Cow vs Galápagos Giant Tortoise

    Galápagos Giant Tortoise · reference · 1.3 m
    Holstein Cow · true length · 2.5 m

    1.9× longer than the Galápagos giant tortoise

    A Holstein cow is about 2.5 m long.

  4. ROUND 4

    Blue Whale (Average Adult) vs Great Horned Owl (Perched)

    Great Horned Owl · reference · 55 cm
    Blue Whale · true length · 27 m

    49× longer than the great horned owl

    An adult blue whale reaches about 27 m — longer than two school buses.

  5. ROUND 5

    Giant Pacific Octopus (Arm span) vs Komodo Dragon

    Komodo Dragon · reference · 3 m
    Giant Pacific Octopus · true width · 4.3 m

    1.4× wider than the Komodo dragon

    A giant Pacific octopus spans about 4.3 m arm-tip to arm-tip, yet can squeeze through a gap the size of its beak.

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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.

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