ALL ANSWERS · ANIMALS · DAILY No. 29 · OCTOBER 2, 2026
Size It Up Animals answer: October 2
The five Animals silhouettes for October 2, 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 29 ran from a copepod (3 mm) to a blue whale (27 m). The widest gap was round 5, European Robin against Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, at 20×; the closest call was round 1, North American Beaver against American Bison, only 3.3× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
North American Beaver (head and body) vs American Bison (Bull)
American Bison · reference · 3 m North American Beaver · true length · 90 cm 3.3× shorter than the American bison
A beaver's head and body measure about 90 cm, plus a flat paddle of a tail.
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ROUND 2
Copepod (adult) vs Freshwater Shrimp (adult)
Freshwater Shrimp · reference · 1.5 cm Copepod · true length · 3 mm 5.0× shorter than the freshwater shrimp
A Calanus copepod is about 3 mm long, and swarms of them feed much of the North Atlantic.
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ROUND 3
Narwhal (adult male, body without the tusk) vs Raccoon (head to hindquarters)
Raccoon · reference · 68 cm Narwhal · true length · 4.58 m 6.7× longer than the raccoon
Adult male narwhals sampled at Arctic Bay averaged 4.58 m long, larger than the females at 4.13 m.
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ROUND 4
Blue Whale (Average Adult) vs African Elephant (Bull)
African Elephant · reference · 3.2 m Blue Whale · true length · 27 m 8.4× longer than the African elephant
An adult blue whale reaches about 27 m — longer than two school buses.
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ROUND 5
European Robin (adult) vs Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (large adult)
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna · reference · 2.55 m European Robin · true length · 13 cm 20× shorter than the Atlantic bluefin tuna
A European robin is about 13 cm long, beak to tail.
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