Brain Blow Level 68
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Three adult birds stand side by side: a tall ostrich on the left, a hen in the center, and a duck on the right, with a plain egg resting below them. The prompt asks who the mother is, but the egg has not yet revealed what kind of chick is inside. You first hatch the egg to see the baby, then match that chick to the adult it resembles. The ostrich and duck are lookalike decoys, while the center hen is the matching parent.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated moves: 2
Step-by-Step Solution
- Read the prompt asking who the mother is, and look at the three adults and the unhatched egg below them. The ostrich, hen, and duck are different species, so the baby's appearance is the clue that decides which one is the parent.
- Tap or crack the egg at the bottom to open the shell. The egg splits apart and a small yellow chick peeks out of the broken halves.
- Study the newly hatched chick: it is a yellow baby bird with a small beak and rounded body, the same kind of bird as a domestic hen, not a long-legged ostrich or a web-footed duck.
- Compare the chick with the three adults. The ostrich has a long neck and bare legs, and the duck has a flat bill and webbed feet, so neither matches the chick.
- Select the hen standing in the center, the adult chicken that matches the yellow chick. The green checkmark appears over the hen and the completion screen confirms the mother.
- Compare features one adult at a time rather than picking the largest or most colorful bird. Note the chick's rounded body and short beak against each adult's shape, beak, and feet, and rule out the ostrich for its long neck and bare legs and the duck for its flat bill and webbed feet. Only the center hen lines up with the baby's proportions, so once that match is settled, tapping her is the final move and no other adult needs to be touched.
Strategy & Reasoning
The level hides the answer behind the unhatched egg: judging from the adults alone, three plausible birds are lined up, but only the chick's species reveals which adult laid the egg. Hatching the egg turns the question from a guess between three similar-looking birds into a direct family match based on body shape, beak, and feet.
The ostrich and duck are deliberate distractors. They share feathers and a beak with the hen, but their proportions and features clearly differ from the chick, so matching by broad category would be misleading. Once the chick is out of the shell, the hen's rounded body and chicken features line up with the baby, while the other two adults do not. Selecting that matching adult completes the level without any further object to move.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Hatch the egg before choosing; the mother cannot be identified reliably until the chick's species is visible inside.
- Match the chick to the hen in the center, not the tall ostrich on the left or the flat-billed duck on the right.
- Compare features such as body shape, beak, and feet rather than picking the largest or most colorful adult, since the decoys are chosen to look similar at first glance.