WHO WILL WIN?
Carnotaurus
SNARL-HORN
Camel
GUUUURGH
THE SETUP

Carnotaurus vs Camel

Carnotaurus
Carnotaurus
Camel
Camel

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

Would they meet?

No. Carnotaurus and Camel 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

Carnotaurus

Carnotaurus sastrei · Bull horns, tiny arms, and a sprinter's tail.

Carnotaurus
Home
Late Cretaceous plains of Patagonia · Lived in South America long ago
Food
Meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Carnotaurus is huge.

Sprint hunter of Patagonia.

A runner's kit: look, chase, bite.

A bull-headed sprinter.

  • Carnotaurus is huge and fast.
  • Medium plant-eaters on South American plains.
  • Late Cretaceous Argentina.

Family: Abelisaurids like Abelisaurus and Majungasaurus.

Corner B

Camel

Camelus dromedarius · A desert ship with a surprise kick.

Camel
Home
Deserts · Lives in Africa / Asia
Food
Plants
Group
Lives in a herd
Size
Camel is big.

Browser of dry country.

Long lashes and sealable nostrils for sandstorms.

Stubborn desert athlete.

  • Camel is big and fast.
  • Tough desert plants other animals will not touch.
  • They can go a week or more without water, then drink enough to fill a bathtub.

Family: Llamas and alpacas — the fluffier mountain cousins.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

2.5 m

Carnotaurus to scale

Carnotaurus

1.80 m

Camel to scale

Camel

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

Carnotaurus1,400 kg

About as heavy as a small car, hip-tall as a doorway, with horns a bull would respect.

Camel500 kg

As heavy as a grand piano, plus a built-in lunchbox on the back.

Carnotaurus

2.5 m · 1,400 kg

Carnotaurus is huge. 1,400 kg.

Camel

1.80 m · 500 kg

Camel is big. 500 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: Horned skull plus a meat-slicer jaw
  • Armor: Bumpy hide
  • Senses: A runner's kit: look, chase, bite.

Carnotaurus · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Hump-powered kick
  • Armor: Sand-storm eyelashes
  • Senses: Long lashes and sealable nostrils for sandstorms.

Camel · labeled field diagram

Carnotaurus1500 psi bite
Camel250 psi bite

Carnotaurus

Horned skull plus a meat-slicer jaw

Tool: horned skull plus a meat-slicer jaw. Bite: 1,500 psi.

Camel

Hump-powered kick

Tool: hump-powered kick. Bite: 250 psi.

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Carnotaurus
48 km/h
Camel
40 km/h
Carnotaurus48 km/h
Camel40 km/h

Carnotaurus

48 km/h

Carnotaurus can go 48 km/h. That is fast.

Camel

40 km/h

Camel 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 grassland. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
CarnotaurusCamelBoth

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

Carnotaurus

This is home · Lived in South America long ago

Carnotaurus lives in places like grassland.

Camel

Can handle it · Lives in Africa / Asia

Camel's home is the deserts, not grassland.

No. Carnotaurus and Camel did not live at the same time. This meeting is pretend.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Carnotaurus
Meat · Sprint hunter of Patagonia.
Camel
Plants · Browser of dry country.

Carnotaurus

Meat · Sprint hunter of Patagonia.

Medium plant-eaters on South American plains.

Camel

Plants · Browser of dry country.

Tough desert plants other animals will not touch.

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.

Carnotaurus
Lives alone
Camel
Lives in a herd
Carnotaurus7 grit /10
Camel6 grit /10

Carnotaurus

Lives alone

A bull-headed sprinter. Grit: 7/10.

Camel

Lives in a herd

Stubborn desert athlete. Grit: 6/10.

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?

Carnotaurus
4/10
Camel
5/10
Carnotaurus4 brains /10
Camel5 brains /10

Carnotaurus

4/10

A runner's kit: look, chase, bite.

Camel

5/10

Long lashes and sealable nostrils for sandstorms.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Carnotaurus
Carnotaurus sastrei
Camel
Camelus dromedarius

Carnotaurus

Carnotaurus sastrei

Abelisaurids like Abelisaurus and Majungasaurus.

Camel

Camelus dromedarius

Llamas and alpacas — the fluffier mountain cousins.

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?

Carnotaurus
Patagonia Sprint Horns
Camel
Spit Screen + Stomp

Carnotaurus

Patagonia Sprint Horns

The tail and legs look built for speed.

Camel

Spit Screen + Stomp

The 'spit' is mostly stomach juice.

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: Carnotaurus 0 · Camel 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

WHAM!

THEY MEET

Carnotaurus runs first. Camel does not race. They wait in grassland.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

WHOOSH!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Carnotaurus is heavier. Camel uses hump-powered kick. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

ZING!

SPECIAL MOVES

Carnotaurus tries the Patagonia Sprint Horns. Camel tries the Spit Screen + Stomp. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Carnotaurus!

A STOMP

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

On grassland, Carnotaurus wins. Carnotaurus likes grassland more. Camel 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: Carnotaurus 7 · Camel 1.

Your card: Carnotaurus 0 · Camel 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 · Camel

Zoo camels. The attitude ships free with the hump.

Zoo Ljubljana · Wikimedia Commons · CC. Source

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