WHO WILL WIN?
Brachiosaurus
HOOOOONK
Panda
HONK-BLEAT
THE SETUP

Brachiosaurus vs Panda

Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Panda
Panda

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

Would they meet?

No. Brachiosaurus and Panda 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

Panda

Ailuropoda melanoleuca · A bamboo tank in a costume.

Panda
Home
Chinese mountain forests · Lives in Asia
Food
Plants
Group
Lives alone
Size
Panda is medium.

Bamboo specialist.

Smell finds the right stalks.

Slow-looking, not helpless.

  • Panda is medium and not very fast.
  • Almost all bamboo, all day.
  • Cool, misty mountain forests where bamboo grows like a salad bar.

Family: Other bears.

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

Panda to scale

Panda

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.

Panda120 kg

About as heavy as a big goat, shaped like a stuffed animal that lifts.

Brachiosaurus

12.0 m · 35,000 kg

Brachiosaurus is giant. 35,000 kg.

Panda

0.90 m · 120 kg

Panda is medium. 120 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: Bamboo-crusher jaws
  • Armor: Plush padding
  • Senses: Smell finds the right stalks.

Panda · labeled field diagram

Brachiosaurus80 psi bite
Panda500 psi bite

Brachiosaurus

Column legs plus a neck crane

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

Panda

Bamboo-crusher jaws

Tool: bamboo-crusher jaws. Bite: 500 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
Panda
30 km/h
Brachiosaurus10 km/h
Panda30 km/h

Brachiosaurus

10 km/h

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

Panda

30 km/h

Panda can go 30 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 forest. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
BrachiosaurusPandaBoth

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.

Panda

This is home · Lives in Asia

Panda lives in places like forest.

No. Brachiosaurus and Panda 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.
Panda
Plants · Bamboo specialist.

Brachiosaurus

Plants · Does not hunt.

High browse: conifers and other tall plants.

Panda

Plants · Bamboo specialist.

Almost all bamboo, all day.

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
Panda
Lives alone
Brachiosaurus6 grit /10
Panda4 grit /10

Brachiosaurus

Lives in a herd

Calm until it steps. Grit: 6/10.

Panda

Lives alone

Slow-looking, not helpless. 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?

Brachiosaurus
2/10
Panda
6/10
Brachiosaurus2 brains /10
Panda6 brains /10

Brachiosaurus

2/10

A watchtower head.

Panda

6/10

Smell finds the right stalks.

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
Panda
Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus altithorax

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

Panda

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Other bears.

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
Panda
Sit-and-Smoosh

Brachiosaurus

Sky-Salad Stomp

It did not need fangs.

Panda

Sit-and-Smoosh

If a panda leans on a problem, the problem becomes a pancake.

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 · Panda 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

WHAM!

THEY MEET

Panda 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. Panda uses bamboo-crusher jaws. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

ZING!

SPECIAL MOVES

Brachiosaurus tries the Sky-Salad Stomp. Panda tries the Sit-and-Smoosh. 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. 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: Brachiosaurus 4 · Panda 3 · ties 1.

Your card: Brachiosaurus 0 · 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.

Also starring · Panda

Bamboo: the official victory snack.

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