ALL ANSWERS · ANIMALS · DAILY No. 47 · OCTOBER 20, 2026
Size It Up Animals answer: October 20
The five Animals silhouettes for October 20, 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 47 ran from a barn swallow (32 cm) to a whale shark (12 m). The widest gap was round 2, White-tailed Deer against Whale Shark, at 6.3×; the closest call was round 3, Tasmanian Devil against Wolverine, only 1.5× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Giraffe (Male) vs Bengal Tiger (Male)
Bengal Tiger · reference · 2.8 m Giraffe · true height · 5.5 m 2.0× taller than the Bengal tiger
A male giraffe stands about 5.5 m tall — it can look into a second-floor window.
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ROUND 2
White-tailed Deer (Buck) vs Whale Shark
Whale Shark · reference · 12 m White-tailed Deer · true length · 1.9 m 6.3× shorter than the whale shark
A white-tailed buck is about 1.9 m long — the most common large animal in North America.
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ROUND 3
Tasmanian Devil (adult male, head and body) vs Wolverine (large adult, tail excluded)
Wolverine · reference · 95 cm Tasmanian Devil · true length · 65 cm 1.5× shorter than the wolverine
A male Tasmanian devil measures about 65 cm head to rump, plus a 26 cm tail.
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ROUND 4
Giant Pacific Octopus (Arm span) vs Galápagos Giant Tortoise
Galápagos Giant Tortoise · reference · 1.3 m Giant Pacific Octopus · true width · 4.3 m 3.3× wider than the Galápagos giant tortoise
A giant Pacific octopus spans about 4.3 m arm-tip to arm-tip, yet can squeeze through a gap the size of its beak.
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ROUND 5
Barn Swallow (wingspan) vs Leatherback Sea Turtle
Leatherback Sea Turtle · reference · 1.8 m Barn Swallow · true wingspan · 32 cm 5.6× shorter than the leatherback sea turtle
A barn swallow spans about 32 cm wingtip to wingtip, on a body only 19 cm long.
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