WHO WILL WIN?
Bison
SNORT-GRUNT
Snow Leopard
CHUFF-YOWL
THE SETUP

Bison vs Snow Leopard

Bison
Bison
Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard

Pretend a bison and a snow leopard meet in the mountains. Look at the facts. Then you pick.

Would they meet?

No. Wild bisons and snow leopards 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

Bison

Bison bison · A shaggy locomotive with horns.

Bison
Home
North American grassland · Lives in North America
Food
Plants
Group
Lives in a herd
Size
Bison is big.

Grazer.

Smell and hearing across open grass.

Looks like furniture until it runs.

  • Bison is big and fast.
  • Grass.
  • Wide plains where a herd can rumble the ground like weather.

Family: Yaks and cattle.

Corner B

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia · A ghost cat with a tail like a scarf.

Snow Leopard
Home
Central Asian mountains · Lives in Asia
Food
Meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Snow Leopard is medium.

Mountain ambush.

Pale coat is the mountain's own shadow.

Ghost cat.

  • Snow Leopard is medium and fast.
  • Blue sheep, ibex, and the occasional livestock snack when wild food is scarce.
  • High, cold mountains where oxygen is a suggestion.

Family: Tigers and leopards.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

1.70 m

Bison to scale

Bison

0.60 m

Snow Leopard to scale

Snow Leopard

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

Bison700 kg

As heavy as a small car, with a haircut that never clocks out.

Snow Leopard45 kg

About as heavy as a big dog, with a tail as long as the rest of the cat.

Bison

1.70 m · 700 kg

Bison is big. 700 kg.

Snow Leopard

0.60 m · 45 kg

Snow Leopard is medium. 45 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: Headbutt horns
  • Armor: Woolly snowplow
  • Senses: Smell and hearing across open grass.

Bison · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Cliff-pounce paws
  • Armor: Smoke-spot coat
  • Senses: Pale coat is the mountain's own shadow.

Snow Leopard · labeled field diagram

Bison200 psi bite
Snow Leopard310 psi bite

Bison

Headbutt horns

Tool: headbutt horns. Bite: 200 psi.

Snow Leopard

Cliff-pounce paws

Tool: cliff-pounce paws. Bite: 310 psi.

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Bison
55 km/h
Snow Leopard
64 km/h
Bison55 km/h
Snow Leopard64 km/h

Bison

55 km/h

Bison can go 55 km/h. That is fast.

Snow Leopard

64 km/h

Snow Leopard can go 64 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 mountains. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
BisonSnow LeopardBoth

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

Bison

Not their home · Lives in North America

Bison's home is the north american grassland, not the mountains.

Snow Leopard

This is home · Lives in Asia

Snow Leopard lives in places like the mountains.

No. Wild bisons and snow leopards would not meet. We still look at the facts.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Bison
Plants · Grazer.
Snow Leopard
Meat · Mountain ambush.

Bison

Plants · Grazer.

Grass.

Snow Leopard

Meat · Mountain ambush.

Blue sheep, ibex, and the occasional livestock snack when wild food is scarce.

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.

Bison
Lives in a herd
Snow Leopard
Lives alone
Bison8 grit /10
Snow Leopard7 grit /10

Bison

Lives in a herd

Looks like furniture until it runs. Grit: 8/10.

Snow Leopard

Lives alone

Ghost cat. Grit: 7/10.

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?

Bison
4/10
Snow Leopard
7/10
Bison4 brains /10
Snow Leopard7 brains /10

Bison

4/10

Smell and hearing across open grass.

Snow Leopard

7/10

Pale coat is the mountain's own shadow.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Bison
Bison bison
Snow Leopard
Panthera uncia

Bison

Bison bison

Yaks and cattle.

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia

Tigers and leopards.

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?

Bison
Prairie Freight Charge
Snow Leopard
Ridge Ghost Drop

Bison

Prairie Freight Charge

They look like furniture.

Snow Leopard

Ridge Ghost Drop

They can leap 9 meters — a whole bus length of 'where did that cat come from?

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: Bison 0 · Snow Leopard 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

THWACK!

THEY MEET

Snow Leopard runs first. Bison does not race. They wait in the mountains.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

SLAM!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Bison is heavier. Snow Leopard uses cliff-pounce paws. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

POW!

SPECIAL MOVES

Bison tries the Prairie Freight Charge. Snow Leopard tries the Ridge Ghost Drop. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Bison!

A STOMP · UNDERDOG

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

On the mountains, Bison wins. Bison is a lot heavier. Snow Leopard 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: Bison 2 · Snow Leopard 5 · ties 1.

Your card: Bison 0 · Snow Leopard 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 · Bison

A good scratch after a hard rumble.

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