WHO WILL WIN?
Baboon
WAHOO-BARK
Red Panda
SQUEAK-TWITTER
THE SETUP

Baboon vs Red Panda

Baboon
Baboon
Red Panda
Red Panda

Pretend a baboon and a red panda meet in grassland. 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

Baboon

Papio anubis · A troop-tough primate with serious canine teeth.

Baboon
Home
African savanna · Lives in Africa
Food
Plants and meat
Group
Hunts with a pack
Size
Baboon is small.

Omnivore troop.

Sharp eyes on the ground.

Bold, loud, and political.

  • Baboon is small and fast.
  • Fruit, grass, insects, and the occasional small animal.
  • Open country with cliffs for sleeping.

Family: Mandrills and geladas — the big-monkey cousin group.

Corner B

Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens · A rusty acrobat who would rather nap than rumble.

Red Panda
Home
Himalayan forests · Lives in Asia
Food
Plants and meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Red Panda is small.

Bamboo and snacks.

Whiskers and a good nose in the misty forest.

Shy climber.

  • Red Panda is small and not very fast.
  • Mostly bamboo, plus fruit, eggs, and insects when the salad bar is closed.
  • Cool mountain forests with plenty of branches and very few appointments.

Family: Not giant pandas.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

0.70 m

Baboon to scale

Baboon

0.60 m

Red Panda to scale

Red Panda

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

Baboon30 kg

About as heavy as a first-grader who lifts.

Red Panda5 kg

About as heavy as a bag of flour that learned parkour.

Baboon

0.70 m · 30 kg

Baboon is small. 30 kg.

Red Panda

0.60 m · 5 kg

Red Panda is small. 5 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: Dagger canines
  • Armor: Troop backup
  • Senses: Sharp eyes on the ground.

Baboon · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Needle claws + fake thumb
  • Armor: Fluff camouflage
  • Senses: Whiskers and a good nose in the misty forest.

Red Panda · labeled field diagram

Baboon800 psi bite
Red Panda80 psi bite

Baboon

Dagger canines

Tool: dagger canines. Bite: 800 psi.

Red Panda

Needle claws + fake thumb

Tool: needle claws + fake thumb. Bite: 80 psi.

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Baboon
45 km/h
Red Panda
24 km/h
Baboon45 km/h
Red Panda24 km/h

Baboon

45 km/h

Baboon can go 45 km/h. That is fast.

Red Panda

24 km/h

Red Panda can go 24 km/h. That is not very fast.

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

Who takes the speed card?

HOME MAP!

HOME

They meet in grassland. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
BaboonRed PandaBoth

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

Baboon

This is home · Lives in Africa

Baboon lives in places like grassland.

Red Panda

Can handle it · Lives in Asia

Red Panda's home is the himalayan forests, not grassland.

Almost never. Their homes sit next to each other.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Baboon
Plants and meat · Omnivore troop.
Red Panda
Plants and meat · Bamboo and snacks.

Baboon

Plants and meat · Omnivore troop.

Fruit, grass, insects, and the occasional small animal.

Red Panda

Plants and meat · Bamboo and snacks.

Mostly bamboo, plus fruit, eggs, and insects when the salad bar is closed.

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.

Baboon
Hunts with a pack
Red Panda
Lives alone
Baboon8 grit /10
Red Panda4 grit /10

Baboon

Hunts with a pack

Bold, loud, and political. Grit: 8/10.

Red Panda

Lives alone

Shy climber. Grit: 4/10.

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?

Baboon
8/10
Red Panda
6/10
Baboon8 brains /10
Red Panda6 brains /10

Baboon

8/10

Sharp eyes on the ground.

Red Panda

6/10

Whiskers and a good nose in the misty forest.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Baboon
Papio anubis
Red Panda
Ailurus fulgens

Baboon

Papio anubis

Mandrills and geladas — the big-monkey cousin group.

Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens

Not giant pandas.

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?

Baboon
Alarm-Bark Charge
Red Panda
Tree-Drop Vanish

Baboon

Alarm-Bark Charge

They spot leopards from a long way off, shout the news, and sometimes mob the threat.

Red Panda

Tree-Drop Vanish

When scared they climb.

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: Baboon 0 · Red Panda 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

WHAM!

THEY MEET

Baboon runs first. Red Panda does not race. They wait in grassland.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

WHOOSH!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Baboon is heavier. Red Panda uses needle claws + fake thumb. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

ZING!

SPECIAL MOVES

Baboon tries the Alarm-Bark Charge. Red Panda tries the Tree-Drop Vanish. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Baboon!

A STOMP

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

On grassland, Baboon wins. Baboon likes grassland more. Red Panda 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: Baboon 8 · Red Panda 0.

Your card: Baboon 0 · Red Panda 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 · Baboon

Yawn so big it counts as a roar.

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