WHO WILL WIN?
Anaconda
SLITHER-WHOMP
Hyena
WHOOP-HAHA
THE SETUP

Anaconda vs Hyena

Anaconda
Anaconda
Hyena
Hyena

Pretend a anaconda and a hyena meet in forest. Look at the facts. Then you pick.

Would they meet?

Almost never. Their homes sit next to each other.

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

Hyena

Crocuta crocuta · The bone-crunching comedian of the savanna.

Hyena
Home
African savanna · Lives in Africa
Food
Meat
Group
Hunts with a pack
Size
Hyena is medium.

Clan chasers and bone-crushers.

Night hunters with a nose for leftovers and a bite that opens bones.

Bold in a clan.

  • Hyena is medium and fast.
  • They hunt more than they scavenge.
  • Open grassland where clans can hear each other across the night.

Family: Not dogs.

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

0.85 m

Hyena to scale

Hyena

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.

Hyena70 kg

About as heavy as a big dog that skipped every 'drop it' lesson.

Anaconda

0.40 m · 200 kg

Anaconda is big. 200 kg.

Hyena

0.85 m · 70 kg

Hyena is medium. 70 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: Bone-blender jaws
  • Armor: Scrappy stamina
  • Senses: Night hunters with a nose for leftovers and a bite that opens bones.

Hyena · labeled field diagram

Anaconda200 psi bite
Hyena1100 psi bite

Anaconda

Coil squeeze

Tool: coil squeeze. Bite: 200 psi.

Hyena

Bone-blender jaws

Tool: bone-blender jaws. Bite: 1,100 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
Hyena
60 km/h
Anaconda8 km/h
Hyena60 km/h

Anaconda

8 km/h

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

Hyena

60 km/h

Hyena can go 60 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 forest. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
AnacondaHyenaBoth

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

Anaconda

This is home · Lives in South America

Anaconda lives in places like forest.

Hyena

Can handle it · Lives in Africa

Hyena's home is the african savanna, not forest.

Almost never. Their homes sit next to each other.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Anaconda
Meat · Wait in the water, coil, squeeze.
Hyena
Meat · Clan chasers and bone-crushers.

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.

Hyena

Meat · Clan chasers and bone-crushers.

They hunt more than they scavenge.

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
Hyena
Hunts with a pack
Anaconda8 grit /10
Hyena9 grit /10

Anaconda

Lives alone

Heavy and unhurried. Grit: 8/10.

Hyena

Hunts with a pack

Bold in a clan. Grit: 9/10.

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
Hyena
7/10
Anaconda4 brains /10
Hyena7 brains /10

Anaconda

4/10

Heat pits plus a swimmer's patience.

Hyena

7/10

Night hunters with a nose for leftovers and a bite that opens bones.

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
Hyena
Crocuta crocuta

Anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Boas.

Hyena

Crocuta crocuta

Not dogs.

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
Hyena
Whoop-and-Swarm

Anaconda

Swamp Wrap

They wait like a log.

Hyena

Whoop-and-Swarm

The laugh is a call, not a joke.

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 · Hyena 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

THWACK!

THEY MEET

Hyena runs first. Anaconda does not race. They wait in forest.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

SLAM!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Anaconda is heavier. Hyena uses bone-blender jaws. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

POW!

SPECIAL MOVES

Anaconda tries the Swamp Wrap. Hyena tries the Whoop-and-Swarm. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Anaconda!

A CLEAR PICK

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

On forest, Anaconda wins. Anaconda likes forest more. Hyena 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 5 · Hyena 2 · ties 1.

Your card: Anaconda 0 · Hyena 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.

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