Animals · Puzzle #3 · Friday, October 2
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
- Takes flight: 10 pts if it can fly
- Most looked-up: 1 pt per 100,000 Wikipedia views in 2025
- Heavyweight: 1 pt per doubling over 1 lb
- Top speed: 1 pt per 5 mph
- Long wait: 1 pt per 25 days' pregnancy or incubation
- Big family: 1 pt per doubling over 1 baby at a time
- Known worldwide: 1 pt per 15 Wikipedia languages
- Long life: 1 pt per 7 years
The best board
- Two-toed sloth in Long wait: its young take 350 days to be born or hatch (10.0)
- Silkworm in Big family: has 400 young at a time (8.6)
- Goat in Known worldwide: Wikipedia has an article on it in 217 languages (10.0)
- American kestrel in Takes flight: flies under its own power (10.0)
- Mute swan in Top speed: tops out at 55 mph (10.0)
- Horse in Most looked-up: its Wikipedia article was read 1.09 million times in 2025 (10.0)
- Beluga whale in Heavyweight: a typical adult weighs 3,153 lb (10.0)
- West Indian manatee in Long life: the oldest on record lived 69 years (9.9)
The most this board could score: 78.5 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Two-toed sloth
Sloth with two claws on each front foot
Photo: Jsfouche, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Takes flight
- can't fly (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 37,284 times in 2025 (0.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Heavyweight
- a typical adult weighs 14 lb (3.8) Source: AnAge
- Top speed
- tops out at 0.3 mph (0.1) Source: Wikipedia
- Long wait
- its young take 350 days to be born or hatch (10.0) Source: AnAge
- Big family
- has 1 young at a time (0.0) Source: AnAge
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 38 languages (2.5) Source: Wikipedia language editions (Wikidata)
- Long life
- the oldest on record lived 41 years (5.9) Source: AnAge
Silkworm
Caterpillar that spins silk cocoons
Photo: Oakenking at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 - Takes flight
- can't fly (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 243,543 times in 2025 (2.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Heavyweight
- a typical adult weighs 1.8 g (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Top speed
- tops out at 1 mph (0.2) Source: Wikipedia
- Long wait
- its young take 14 days to be born or hatch (0.6) Source: Wikipedia
- Big family
- has 400 young at a time (8.6) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 107 languages (7.1) Source: Wikipedia language editions (Wikidata)
- Long life
- the oldest on record lived 0.2 years (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Goat
Climbs anything and will nibble most things
Photo: Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Takes flight
- can't fly (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 627,325 times in 2025 (6.3) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Heavyweight
- a typical adult weighs 134 lb (7.1) Source: AnAge
- Top speed
- tops out at 10 mph (2.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Long wait
- its young take 155 days to be born or hatch (6.2) Source: AnAge
- Big family
- has 1.5 young at a time (0.6) Source: AnAge
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 217 languages (10.0) Source: Wikipedia language editions (Wikidata)
- Long life
- the oldest on record lived 21 years (3.0) Source: AnAge
American kestrel
Colorful falcon that hovers over fields
Photo: Channel City Camera Club from Santa Barbara, US, CC BY 2.0 - Takes flight
- flies under its own power (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 132,601 times in 2025 (1.3) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Heavyweight
- a typical adult weighs 4.1 oz (0.0) Source: AnAge
- Top speed
- tops out at 60 mph (10.0) Source: discoverwildlife.com
- Long wait
- its young take 29 days to be born or hatch (1.2) Source: AnAge
- Big family
- has 4.6 young at a time (2.2) Source: AnAge
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 49 languages (3.3) Source: Wikipedia language editions (Wikidata)
- Long life
- the oldest on record lived 17 years (2.4) Source: AnAge
Mute swan
Swan with an orange bill and a curved neck
Photo: Sanchezn, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Takes flight
- flies under its own power (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 339,539 times in 2025 (3.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Heavyweight
- a typical adult weighs 18 lb (4.2) Source: AnAge
- Top speed
- tops out at 55 mph (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Long wait
- its young take 36 days to be born or hatch (1.4) Source: AnAge
- Big family
- has 5.3 young at a time (2.4) Source: AnAge
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 98 languages (6.5) Source: Wikipedia language editions (Wikidata)
- Long life
- the oldest on record lived 40 years (5.7) Source: AnAge
Horse
The animal of cowboys, knights and jockeys
Photo: Nokota_Horses.jpg: François Marchal derivative work: Dana boomer (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 - Takes flight
- can't fly (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.09 million times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Heavyweight
- a typical adult weighs 661 lb (9.4) Source: AnAge
- Top speed
- tops out at 55 mph (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Long wait
- its young take 337 days to be born or hatch (10.0) Source: AnAge
- Big family
- has 1 young at a time (0.0) Source: AnAge
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 284 languages (10.0) Source: Wikipedia language editions (Wikidata)
- Long life
- the oldest on record lived 57 years (8.1) Source: AnAge
Beluga whale
Pale whale nicknamed the "sea canary"
Photo: Javier Yaya Tur / CIUDAD DE LAS ARTES Y LAS CIENCIAS from Valencia, España, CC BY 2.0 - Takes flight
- can't fly (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 474,483 times in 2025 (4.7) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Heavyweight
- a typical adult weighs 3,153 lb (10.0) Source: AnAge
- Top speed
- tops out at 14 mph (2.8) Source: Wikipedia
- Long wait
- its young take 416 days to be born or hatch (10.0) Source: AnAge
- Big family
- has 1 young at a time (0.0) Source: AnAge
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 85 languages (5.7) Source: Wikipedia language editions (Wikidata)
- Long life
- the oldest on record lived 40 years (5.7) Source: AnAge
West Indian manatee
"Sea cow" that grazes on seagrass
Photo: Galen Rathbun, Public domain - Takes flight
- can't fly (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 561,275 times in 2025 (5.6) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Heavyweight
- a typical adult weighs 710 lb (9.5) Source: AnAge
- Top speed
- tops out at 15 mph (3.0) Source: myfwc.com
- Long wait
- its young take 335 days to be born or hatch (10.0) Source: AnAge
- Big family
- has 1 young at a time (0.0) Source: AnAge
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 53 languages (3.5) Source: Wikipedia language editions (Wikidata)
- Long life
- the oldest on record lived 69 years (9.9) Source: AnAge
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