WHO WILL WIN?
Brachiosaurus
HOOOOONK
Snow Leopard
CHUFF-YOWL
THE SETUP

Brachiosaurus vs Snow Leopard

Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard

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

Would they meet?

No. Brachiosaurus and Snow Leopard 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

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

12.0 m

Brachiosaurus to scale

Brachiosaurus

0.60 m

Snow Leopard to scale

Snow Leopard

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.

Snow Leopard45 kg

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

Brachiosaurus

12.0 m · 35,000 kg

Brachiosaurus is giant. 35,000 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: Column legs plus a neck crane
  • Armor: A body the size of a house
  • Senses: A watchtower head.

Brachiosaurus · 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

Brachiosaurus80 psi bite
Snow Leopard310 psi bite

Brachiosaurus

Column legs plus a neck crane

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

Brachiosaurus
10 km/h
Snow Leopard
64 km/h
Brachiosaurus10 km/h
Snow Leopard64 km/h

Brachiosaurus

10 km/h

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

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 forest. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
BrachiosaurusSnow LeopardBoth

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.

Snow Leopard

Can handle it · Lives in Asia

Snow Leopard's home is the central asian mountains, not forest.

No. Brachiosaurus and Snow Leopard 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.
Snow Leopard
Meat · Mountain ambush.

Brachiosaurus

Plants · Does not hunt.

High browse: conifers and other tall plants.

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.

Brachiosaurus
Lives in a herd
Snow Leopard
Lives alone
Brachiosaurus6 grit /10
Snow Leopard7 grit /10

Brachiosaurus

Lives in a herd

Calm until it steps. Grit: 6/10.

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?

Brachiosaurus
2/10
Snow Leopard
7/10
Brachiosaurus2 brains /10
Snow Leopard7 brains /10

Brachiosaurus

2/10

A watchtower head.

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?

Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus altithorax
Snow Leopard
Panthera uncia

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus altithorax

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

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?

Brachiosaurus
Sky-Salad Stomp
Snow Leopard
Ridge Ghost Drop

Brachiosaurus

Sky-Salad Stomp

It did not need fangs.

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: Brachiosaurus 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. Brachiosaurus does not race. They wait in forest.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

SLAM!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

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

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

POW!

SPECIAL MOVES

Brachiosaurus tries the Sky-Salad Stomp. 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

Brachiosaurus!

A STOMP

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

On forest, Brachiosaurus wins. Brachiosaurus likes forest more. 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: Brachiosaurus 4 · Snow Leopard 4.

Your card: Brachiosaurus 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.

Also starring · Snow Leopard

Ghost cat. Lunch. You were never supposed to see this.

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