ALL ANSWERS · ANIMALS · DAILY No. 33 · OCTOBER 6, 2026
Size It Up Animals answer: October 6
The five Animals silhouettes for October 6, 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 33 ran from a blue sea dragon (3 cm) to a basilosaurus (20 m). The widest gap was round 1, Blue Sea Dragon against Atlantic Puffin, at 10×; the closest call was round 2, Bowhead Whale against Basilosaurus, 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
Blue Sea Dragon (adult) vs Atlantic Puffin (bill to tail)
Atlantic Puffin · reference · 30 cm Blue Sea Dragon · true length · 3 cm 10× shorter than the Atlantic puffin
A blue sea dragon is about 3 cm long and floats upside down on the surface of the open ocean.
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ROUND 2
Bowhead Whale (adult female) vs Basilosaurus
Basilosaurus · reference · 20 m Bowhead Whale · true length · 18 m 1.1× shorter than the basilosaurus
A female bowhead whale is about 18 m long, and the species outlives every other mammal.
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ROUND 3
Koala (large adult, head to rump) vs House Mouse (Body)
House Mouse · reference · 8 cm Koala · true height · 80 cm 10× taller than the house mouse
A large koala measures about 80 cm head to rump — the species runs 60 to 85 cm — and it sleeps for around 20 hours a day.
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ROUND 4
Great Barracuda (large adult) vs Tarsier
Tarsier · reference · 28 cm Great Barracuda · true length · 1.524 m 5.4× longer than the tarsier
A great barracuda can grow to over 1.52 m (5 ft) long; the hook-and-line record is 1.7 m.
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ROUND 5
Golden Retriever vs Clownfish (adult)
Clownfish · reference · 11 cm Golden Retriever · true length · 1 m 9.1× longer than the clownfish
A golden retriever is about 1 m from nose to tail base.
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