DAILY NO. 10 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five animals objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 10, 2026, with the measured size of each, the reference it was compared against, a source you can check, and how the community's guesses landed. Want the surprise first? Replay this puzzle — archived days never touch your streak.
Answer: a grizzly bear measures 2 m (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a Velociraptor at 2 m.
A grizzly can measure about two metres from nose to rump.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a grizzly bear when it sits beside a Velociraptor — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: an African elephant measures 6.5 m (length / span), which is about 1.4× smaller than the reference, a Stegosaurus at 9 m.
A large bull elephant can stretch about 6.5 metres from trunk to tail.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an African elephant when it sits beside a Stegosaurus — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: an adult horse measures 2.4 m (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a three-seat sofa at 2.2 m.
A riding horse is roughly as long as a dairy cow.
Common miss: players tend to compress an adult horse when it sits beside a three-seat sofa — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a golden retriever measures 94 cm (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a baseball bat at 86 cm.
An adult Golden Retriever is close to a metre from nose to rump.
Common miss: players tend to compress a golden retriever when it sits beside a baseball bat — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: an adult giraffe measures 5.2 m (height), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, the Apollo Lunar Module at 6.9 m.
Adult giraffes commonly stand between 4.5 and 5.5 metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to inflate an adult giraffe when it sits beside the Apollo Lunar Module — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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