ALL ANSWERS · ANIMALS · DAILY No. 32 · OCTOBER 5, 2026
Size It Up Animals answer: October 5
The five Animals silhouettes for October 5, 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 32 ran from a tardigrade (0.5 mm) to an elasmosaurus (10.3 m). The widest gap was round 4, Elasmosaurus against Sea Otter, at 7.9×; the closest call was round 2, Green Spotted Pufferfish against Ring-tailed Lemur, only 2.5× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Varroa Mite (adult female, across the body) vs Honeybee (Worker)
Honeybee · reference · 1.3 cm Varroa Mite · true width · 1.75 mm 7.4× shorter than the honeybee
An adult female Varroa mite is about 1.75 mm across — wider than it is long — and clamps onto honeybees like a tick.
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ROUND 2
Green Spotted Pufferfish (adult) vs Ring-tailed Lemur (head and body)
Ring-tailed Lemur · reference · 42 cm Green Spotted Pufferfish · true length · 17 cm 2.5× shorter than the ring-tailed lemur
A green spotted pufferfish typically reaches about 15 cm, with reports of fish up to 17 cm long.
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ROUND 3
Tardigrade (adult) vs Copepod (adult)
Copepod · reference · 3 mm Tardigrade · true length · 0.5 mm 6.0× shorter than the copepod
A tardigrade is about 0.5 mm long and survives freezing, drying out and the vacuum of space.
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ROUND 4
Elasmosaurus vs Sea Otter
Sea Otter · reference · 1.3 m Elasmosaurus · true length · 10.3 m 7.9× longer than the sea otter
Elasmosaurus measured about 10.3 m — a sea reptile whose neck alone held 72 vertebrae.
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ROUND 5
Atlantic Salmon (after two years at sea) vs Plains Zebra
Plains Zebra · reference · 2.3 m Atlantic Salmon · true length · 75 cm 3.1× shorter than the plains zebra
After two years at sea an Atlantic salmon averages about 75 cm.
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