WHO WILL WIN?
Anaconda
SLITHER-WHOMP
Camel
GUUUURGH
THE SETUP

Anaconda vs Camel

Anaconda
Anaconda
Camel
Camel

Pretend a anaconda and a camel meet in the desert. Look at the facts. Then you pick.

Would they meet?

No. Wild anacondas and camels would not meet. We still look at the facts.

This is pretend and based on facts. Real animals usually hide or leave.

Read the facts. Make your card. The page waits to pick.

Corner A

Anaconda

Eunectes murinus · A river rope that forgot it is allowed to be this heavy.

Anaconda
Home
Amazon rivers · Lives in South America
Food
Meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Anaconda is big.

Wait in the water, coil, squeeze.

Heat pits plus a swimmer's patience.

Heavy and unhurried.

  • Anaconda is big and slow.
  • Capybara, fish, birds, caimans — if it comes to the water's edge, it is on the maybe list.
  • Slow rivers and swamps.

Family: Boas.

Corner B

Camel

Camelus dromedarius · A desert ship with a surprise kick.

Camel
Home
Deserts · Lives in Africa / Asia
Food
Plants
Group
Lives in a herd
Size
Camel is big.

Browser of dry country.

Long lashes and sealable nostrils for sandstorms.

Stubborn desert athlete.

  • Camel is big and fast.
  • Tough desert plants other animals will not touch.
  • They can go a week or more without water, then drink enough to fill a bathtub.

Family: Llamas and alpacas — the fluffier mountain cousins.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

Stand them next to a grown-up. Who is bigger and heavier?

1.70 m

Grown-up

0.40 m

Anaconda to scale

Anaconda

1.80 m

Camel to scale

Camel

Height to scale. A grown-up is 1.7 m.

Anaconda200 kg

As heavy as a couple of grown-ups, longer than a classroom rug.

Camel500 kg

As heavy as a grand piano, plus a built-in lunchbox on the back.

Anaconda

0.40 m · 200 kg

Anaconda is big. 200 kg.

Camel

1.80 m · 500 kg

Camel is big. 500 kg.

Kilograms are honest. A small animal can still have a strong tool.

Who would you pick for size?

TOOLKIT!

TOOLS

Teeth, claws, horns, venom, kick — what tools do they have?

  • Weapon: Coil squeeze
  • Armor: Water-slick muscle
  • Senses: Heat pits plus a swimmer's patience.

Anaconda · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Hump-powered kick
  • Armor: Sand-storm eyelashes
  • Senses: Long lashes and sealable nostrils for sandstorms.

Camel · labeled field diagram

Anaconda200 psi bite
Camel250 psi bite

Anaconda

Coil squeeze

Tool: coil squeeze. Bite: 200 psi.

Camel

Hump-powered kick

Tool: hump-powered kick. Bite: 250 psi.

A bite number is only one tool. Coils and kicks count too.

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Anaconda
8 km/h
Camel
40 km/h
Anaconda8 km/h
Camel40 km/h

Anaconda

8 km/h

Anaconda can go 8 km/h. That is slow.

Camel

40 km/h

Camel can go 40 km/h. That is fast.

A fast animal can miss. A slow one only has to connect.

Who takes the speed card?

HOME MAP!

HOME

They meet in the desert. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
AnacondaCamelBoth

Meeting biome: the desert. Colored land is where each animal actually lives.

Anaconda

Wrong place · Lives in South America

Anaconda's home is the amazon rivers, not the desert.

Camel

This is home · Lives in Africa / Asia

Camel lives in places like the desert.

No. Wild anacondas and camels would not meet. We still look at the facts.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Anaconda
Meat · Wait in the water, coil, squeeze.
Camel
Plants · Browser of dry country.

Anaconda

Meat · Wait in the water, coil, squeeze.

Capybara, fish, birds, caimans — if it comes to the water's edge, it is on the maybe list.

Camel

Plants · Browser of dry country.

Tough desert plants other animals will not touch.

A plant eater is not 'safe.' Hippos and elephants still end arguments.

Whose hunting or defending helps more?

MOOD!

MOOD

Alone vs team. This rumble is one vs one.

Anaconda
Lives alone
Camel
Lives in a herd
Anaconda8 grit /10
Camel6 grit /10

Anaconda

Lives alone

Heavy and unhurried. Grit: 8/10.

Camel

Lives in a herd

Stubborn desert athlete. Grit: 6/10.

Pack and pride animals lose their backup in a 1-v-1.

Who is better for a solo meeting?

PING!

BRAINS

Who notices first and thinks next?

Anaconda
4/10
Camel
5/10
Anaconda4 brains /10
Camel5 brains /10

Anaconda

4/10

Heat pits plus a swimmer's patience.

Camel

5/10

Long lashes and sealable nostrils for sandstorms.

In the wild, brains often mean leave before it starts.

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Anaconda
Eunectes murinus
Camel
Camelus dromedarius

Anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Boas.

Camel

Camelus dromedarius

Llamas and alpacas — the fluffier mountain cousins.

Cousins are clues, not a score.

Not a fight point. Who has the wilder family story?

WILD CARD!

SPECIAL

What special move did they evolve?

Anaconda
Swamp Wrap
Camel
Spit Screen + Stomp

Anaconda

Swamp Wrap

They wait like a log.

Camel

Spit Screen + Stomp

The 'spit' is mostly stomach juice.

A secret move here is a real wild tool, not a video-game combo.

Whose special move would change the meeting?

YOUR SCORECARD

Your scorecard

Tap who has each fact. Then tap who you think wins.

  • SIZE & WEIGHT

  • TOOLS

  • SPEED

  • HOME

  • FOOD

  • MOOD

  • BRAINS

  • SPECIAL

Your card: Anaconda 0 · Camel 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

Keep going for the pretend meeting, then the science pick.

FWOOSH!

THEY MEET

Camel runs first. Anaconda does not race. They wait in the desert.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

KICK!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Camel is heavier. Anaconda uses coil squeeze. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

STOOMP!

SPECIAL MOVES

Anaconda tries the Swamp Wrap. Camel tries the Spit Screen + Stomp. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Camel!

A CLEAR PICK

You skipped a final pick. The facts still stamp a champ.

On the desert, Camel wins. Camel likes the desert more. Anaconda would still win some meetings at home.

In the wild, most animals skip a fight. We still judge who the bodies and the place would favor.

Science card: Anaconda 4 · Camel 4.

Your card: Anaconda 0 · Camel 0.

The last page follows the whole animal — body plus home — not one bar chart.

Send this fight

A friend can read the same facts.

Victory lap · Camel

Zoo camels. The attitude ships free with the hump.

Zoo Ljubljana · Wikimedia Commons · CC. Source

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