Some zoo animals are standing in an array to prepare for the Zoo Olympics. The fox, Bob, finds that no matter whether he counts from front to back, back to front, left to right, or right to left, he is always the $$3$$\textsuperscript{rd} in line. How many animals are there in the array?~\uline{~~~~~~~~~~}~ 
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$$3+3-1=5$$.  Since each row and column has $$5$$ animals, there are $$5\times5=25$$ animals in total. 