ALL ANSWERS · ANIMALS · DAILY No. 39 · OCTOBER 12, 2026
Size It Up Animals answer: October 12
The five Animals silhouettes for October 12, 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 39 ran from a common periwinkle (2.5 cm) to a blue whale (27 m). The widest gap was round 2, Clownfish against Common Periwinkle, at 4.4×; the closest call was round 5, Tasmanian Devil against Atlantic Salmon, only 1.2× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Lion (Male) vs Great White Shark
Great White Shark · reference · 4.5 m Lion · true length · 2.1 m 2.1× shorter than the great white shark
A male lion is about 2.1 m from nose to rump.
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ROUND 2
Clownfish (adult) vs Common Periwinkle (adult shell)
Common Periwinkle · reference · 2.5 cm Clownfish · true length · 11 cm 4.4× longer than the common periwinkle
A clownfish grows to about 11 cm and lives inside a stinging anemone.
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ROUND 3
Capybara vs Giant Pacific Octopus (Arm span)
Giant Pacific Octopus · reference · 4.3 m Capybara · true length · 1.2 m 3.6× shorter than the giant Pacific octopus
A capybara is about 1.2 m long — the largest rodent alive.
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ROUND 4
Blue Whale (Average Adult) vs Basilosaurus
Basilosaurus · reference · 20 m Blue Whale · true length · 27 m 1.4× longer than the basilosaurus
An adult blue whale reaches about 27 m — longer than two school buses.
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ROUND 5
Tasmanian Devil (adult male, head and body) vs Atlantic Salmon (after two years at sea)
Atlantic Salmon · reference · 75 cm Tasmanian Devil · true length · 65 cm 1.2× shorter than the Atlantic salmon
A male Tasmanian devil measures about 65 cm head to rump, plus a 26 cm tail.
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