Animals · Puzzle #27 · Monday, October 26

Animals: the board

Eight items, eight categories, one place each. Here is the board with every figure and where it comes from, and the best way to place them. Play today's Animals.

The categories

• Late bloomer: 1 pt per year to grow up
• Long life: 1 pt per 7 years
• Top speed: 1 pt per 5 mph
• Long wait: 1 pt per 25 days' pregnancy or incubation
• Most looked-up: 1 pt per 100,000 Wikipedia views in 2025
• Heavyweight: 1 pt per doubling over 1 lb
• Known worldwide: 1 pt per 15 Wikipedia languages
• Wild in Asia: 10 pts if native to Asia

The best board

The best board is hidden while some of these items are still in play: they're on a board again within 14 days.

The lineup, figure by figure

1. Gray whale

   Barnacle-crusted whale that sieves the seabed

   

   Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

2. Orca

   The "killer whale," actually a dolphin

   

   Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

3. Indian peafowl

   Males fan a train of eyespot feathers

   

   Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

4. Koala

   Tree-hugging marsupial that eats eucalyptus

   

   Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

5. White rhinoceros

   Wide-lipped grazer with two horns

   

   Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

6. Bald eagle

   Sea eagle with a hooked yellow beak

   

   Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

7. Two-toed sloth

   Sloth with two claws on each front foot

   

   Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

8. Coyote

   Wild dog that thrives even in cities

   

   Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.

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