WHO WILL WIN?
Brachiosaurus
HOOOOONK
Macaw
RAAAK-RAAAK
THE SETUP

Brachiosaurus vs Macaw

Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Macaw
Macaw

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

Would they meet?

No. Brachiosaurus and Macaw 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

Macaw

Ara macao · A flying bolt-cutter in party colors.

Macaw
Home
Amazon canopy · Lives in South America
Food
Plants and meat
Group
Lives in a flock
Size
Macaw is tiny.

Seed-cracker.

Color vision and a noise that carries over canopy.

Social screamer.

  • Macaw is tiny and fast.
  • Seeds, nuts, fruit, and clay from riverbanks that helps settle spicy toxins.
  • High trees in pairs or flocks.

Family: Other parrots.

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

0.90 m

Macaw to scale

Macaw

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.

Macaw1 kg

Light as a loaf of bread, longer than a yardstick with the tail.

Brachiosaurus

12.0 m · 35,000 kg

Brachiosaurus is giant. 35,000 kg.

Macaw

0.90 m · 1 kg

Macaw is tiny. 1 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: Nutcracker beak
  • Armor: Rainbow vanish
  • Senses: Color vision and a noise that carries over canopy.

Macaw · labeled field diagram

Brachiosaurus80 psi bite
Macaw200 psi bite

Brachiosaurus

Column legs plus a neck crane

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

Macaw

Nutcracker beak

Tool: nutcracker beak. Bite: 200 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
Macaw
56 km/h
Brachiosaurus10 km/h
Macaw56 km/h

Brachiosaurus

10 km/h

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

Macaw

56 km/h

Macaw can go 56 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
BrachiosaurusMacawBoth

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.

Macaw

This is home · Lives in South America

Macaw lives in places like forest.

No. Brachiosaurus and Macaw 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.
Macaw
Plants and meat · Seed-cracker.

Brachiosaurus

Plants · Does not hunt.

High browse: conifers and other tall plants.

Macaw

Plants and meat · Seed-cracker.

Seeds, nuts, fruit, and clay from riverbanks that helps settle spicy toxins.

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
Macaw
Lives in a flock
Brachiosaurus6 grit /10
Macaw5 grit /10

Brachiosaurus

Lives in a herd

Calm until it steps. Grit: 6/10.

Macaw

Lives in a flock

Social screamer. Grit: 5/10.

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
Macaw
6/10
Brachiosaurus2 brains /10
Macaw6 brains /10

Brachiosaurus

2/10

A watchtower head.

Macaw

6/10

Color vision and a noise that carries over canopy.

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
Macaw
Ara macao

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus altithorax

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

Macaw

Ara macao

Other parrots.

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
Macaw
Squawk and Scoot

Brachiosaurus

Sky-Salad Stomp

It did not need fangs.

Macaw

Squawk and Scoot

The call is an alarm.

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 · Macaw 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

THWACK!

THEY MEET

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

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

SLAM!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Brachiosaurus is heavier. Macaw uses nutcracker beak. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

POW!

SPECIAL MOVES

Brachiosaurus tries the Sky-Salad Stomp. Macaw tries the Squawk and Scoot. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Brachiosaurus!

A STOMP

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

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

Your card: Brachiosaurus 0 · Macaw 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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