ALL ANSWERS · ANIMALS · DAILY No. 24 · SEPTEMBER 27, 2026
Size It Up Animals answer: September 27
The five Animals silhouettes for September 27, 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 24 ran from a monarch butterfly (10 cm) to a brachiosaurus (22 m). The widest gap was round 1, California Sea Lion against Tarsier, at 6.5×; the closest call was round 4, Sperm Whale against Bowhead Whale, only 1.1× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
California Sea Lion (adult female) vs Tarsier
Tarsier · reference · 28 cm California Sea Lion · true length · 1.829 m 6.5× longer than the tarsier
An adult female California sea lion is about 1.83 m (6 ft) long; males reach 7.5 ft (2.29 m).
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ROUND 2
Monarch Butterfly vs Big-belly Seahorse (adult)
Big-belly Seahorse · reference · 35 cm Monarch Butterfly · true wingspan · 10 cm 3.5× shorter than the big-belly seahorse
A monarch butterfly's wingspan is about 10 cm.
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ROUND 3
Gray Whale (adult) vs Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus · reference · 22 m Gray Whale · true length · 15.2 m 1.4× shorter than the brachiosaurus
A gray whale reaches about 15.2 m and makes one of the longest migrations of any mammal.
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ROUND 4
Sperm Whale (Male) vs Bowhead Whale (adult female)
Bowhead Whale · reference · 18 m Sperm Whale · true length · 16 m 1.1× shorter than the bowhead whale
A bull sperm whale runs about 16 m, a third of that being head.
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ROUND 5
Horse (Thoroughbred) vs Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (adult female, with tail spine)
Atlantic Horseshoe Crab · reference · 60 cm Horse · true length · 2.4 m 4.0× longer than the Atlantic horseshoe crab
A Thoroughbred is about 2.4 m long from nose to tail base.
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