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ALL ANSWERS · ANIMALS · DAILY No. 6 · SEPTEMBER 9, 2026

Size It Up Animals answer: September 9

The five Animals silhouettes for September 9, 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.

Day 6 ran from a house sparrow (16 cm) to a megalodon (16 m). The widest gap was round 2, Megalodon against Human, at 9.4×; the closest call was round 3, Polar Bear against Moose, only 1.1× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.

  1. ROUND 1

    Red Kangaroo (Male) vs Bald Eagle

    Bald Eagle · reference · 2.2 m
    Red Kangaroo · true height · 1.6 m

    1.4× shorter than the bald eagle

    A male red kangaroo stands about 1.6 m tall.

  2. ROUND 2

    Megalodon vs Human (Average Adult)

    Human · reference · 1.71 m
    Megalodon · true length · 16 m

    9.4× longer than the human

    Megalodon reached about 16 m — more than three great whites end to end.

  3. ROUND 3

    Polar Bear (Male) vs Moose (Bull)

    Moose · reference · 2.7 m
    Polar Bear · true length · 2.4 m

    1.1× shorter than the moose

    A male polar bear is about 2.4 m long.

  4. ROUND 4

    House Sparrow vs Sea Otter

    Sea Otter · reference · 1.3 m
    House Sparrow · true length · 16 cm

    8.1× shorter than the sea otter

    A house sparrow is about 16 cm long — the length of a pencil.

  5. ROUND 5

    Cheetah vs Bottlenose Dolphin

    Bottlenose Dolphin · reference · 2.8 m
    Cheetah · true length · 1.3 m

    2.2× shorter than the bottlenose dolphin

    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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