WHO WILL WIN?
Brachiosaurus
HOOOOONK
Chimpanzee
HOOT-PANT
THE SETUP

Brachiosaurus vs Chimpanzee

Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee

Pretend they meet in forest. Dinosaurs lived long ago. Look at the facts. Then you pick.

Would they meet?

No. Brachiosaurus and Chimpanzee did not live at the same time. This meeting is pretend.

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

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus altithorax · A living watchtower that ate the upstairs leaves.

Brachiosaurus
Home
Late Jurassic woodlands of western North America · Lived in North America long ago
Food
Plants
Group
Lives in a herd
Size
Brachiosaurus is giant.

Does not hunt.

A watchtower head.

Calm until it steps.

  • Brachiosaurus is giant and slow.
  • High browse: conifers and other tall plants.
  • Late Jurassic North America, sharing the Morrison world with Allosaurus and Stegosaurus.

Family: Other sauropods: Giraffatitan (the African look-alike), Camarasaurus, and the whole long-neck family.

Corner B

Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes · The tool-using cousin with a wild side.

Chimpanzee
Home
African rainforest · Lives in Africa
Food
Plants and meat
Group
Hunts with a pack
Size
Chimpanzee is medium.

Team hunters of monkeys plus a lot of fruit.

Face-readers.

Curious and political.

  • Chimpanzee is medium and fast.
  • Fruit first, plus insects, leaves, and sometimes meat.
  • Forest canopy and the ground beneath it — a two-story house.

Family: Humans, bonobos, gorillas.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

12.0 m

Brachiosaurus to scale

Brachiosaurus

1.20 m

Chimpanzee to scale

Chimpanzee

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

Brachiosaurus35,000 kg

Head as high as a four-story building. Heavier than four African elephants stacked in a science dream.

Chimpanzee50 kg

About as heavy as a fifth-grader who can do pull-ups forever.

Brachiosaurus

12.0 m · 35,000 kg

Brachiosaurus is giant. 35,000 kg.

Chimpanzee

1.20 m · 50 kg

Chimpanzee is medium. 50 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: Column legs plus a neck crane
  • Armor: A body the size of a house
  • Senses: A watchtower head.

Brachiosaurus · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Team tactics + ape bite
  • Armor: Think-fast reflexes
  • Senses: Face-readers.

Chimpanzee · labeled field diagram

Brachiosaurus80 psi bite
Chimpanzee1300 psi bite

Brachiosaurus

Column legs plus a neck crane

Tool: column legs plus a neck crane. Bite: 80 psi.

Chimpanzee

Team tactics + ape bite

Tool: team tactics + ape bite. Bite: 1,300 psi.

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Brachiosaurus
10 km/h
Chimpanzee
40 km/h
Brachiosaurus10 km/h
Chimpanzee40 km/h

Brachiosaurus

10 km/h

Brachiosaurus can go 10 km/h. That is slow.

Chimpanzee

40 km/h

Chimpanzee 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 forest. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
BrachiosaurusChimpanzeeBoth

Meeting biome: forest. Colored land is fossil range for dinosaurs and living range for zoo animals.

Brachiosaurus

This is home · Lived in North America long ago

Brachiosaurus lives in places like forest.

Chimpanzee

This is home · Lives in Africa

Chimpanzee lives in places like forest.

No. Brachiosaurus and Chimpanzee did not live at the same time. This meeting is pretend.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Brachiosaurus
Plants · Does not hunt.
Chimpanzee
Plants and meat · Team hunters of monkeys plus a lot of fruit.

Brachiosaurus

Plants · Does not hunt.

High browse: conifers and other tall plants.

Chimpanzee

Plants and meat · Team hunters of monkeys plus a lot of fruit.

Fruit first, plus insects, leaves, and sometimes meat.

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.

Brachiosaurus
Lives in a herd
Chimpanzee
Hunts with a pack
Brachiosaurus6 grit /10
Chimpanzee8 grit /10

Brachiosaurus

Lives in a herd

Calm until it steps. Grit: 6/10.

Chimpanzee

Hunts with a pack

Curious and political. Grit: 8/10.

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?

Brachiosaurus
2/10
Chimpanzee
10/10
Brachiosaurus2 brains /10
Chimpanzee10 brains /10

Brachiosaurus

2/10

A watchtower head.

Chimpanzee

10/10

Face-readers.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus altithorax
Chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus altithorax

Other sauropods: Giraffatitan (the African look-alike), Camarasaurus, and the whole long-neck family.

Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

Humans, bonobos, gorillas.

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?

Brachiosaurus
Sky-Salad Stomp
Chimpanzee
Stick-and-Stone Strategy

Brachiosaurus

Sky-Salad Stomp

It did not need fangs.

Chimpanzee

Stick-and-Stone Strategy

Wild chimps use tools: sticks for termites, stones for nuts, brains for everything else.

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: Brachiosaurus 0 · Chimpanzee 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

WHAM!

THEY MEET

Chimpanzee runs first. Brachiosaurus does not race. They wait in forest.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

WHOOSH!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Brachiosaurus is heavier. Chimpanzee uses team tactics + ape bite. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

ZING!

SPECIAL MOVES

Brachiosaurus tries the Sky-Salad Stomp. Chimpanzee tries the Stick-and-Stone Strategy. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Brachiosaurus!

A STOMP · UNDERDOG

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

On forest, Brachiosaurus wins. Brachiosaurus is a lot heavier. Chimpanzee 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: Brachiosaurus 3 · Chimpanzee 4 · ties 1.

Your card: Brachiosaurus 0 · Chimpanzee 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.

Also starring · Chimpanzee

Zoo chimpanzee. Big brain. Bigger side-eye.

Wikimedia Commons · Tobu Zoo · CC. Source

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