WHO WILL WIN?
Carnotaurus
SNARL-HORN
Okapi
CHUFF-BLEAT
THE SETUP

Carnotaurus vs Okapi

Carnotaurus
Carnotaurus
Okapi
Okapi

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

Would they meet?

No. Carnotaurus and Okapi 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

Okapi

Okapia johnstoni · A forest giraffe in zebra socks.

Okapi
Home
Congo rainforest · Lives in Africa
Food
Plants
Group
Lives alone
Size
Okapi is big.

Forest browser.

Huge ears.

Ghost of the rainforest.

  • Okapi is big and fast.
  • Leaves, fruit, and fungi.
  • Deep rainforest.

Family: Giraffes.

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

1.60 m

Okapi to scale

Okapi

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.

Okapi250 kg

About as heavy as a pony, dressed like a secret.

Carnotaurus

2.5 m · 1,400 kg

Carnotaurus is huge. 1,400 kg.

Okapi

1.60 m · 250 kg

Okapi is big. 250 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: Kick plus ossicone bump
  • Armor: Stripe socks
  • Senses: Huge ears.

Okapi · labeled field diagram

Carnotaurus1500 psi bite
Okapi30 psi bite

Carnotaurus

Horned skull plus a meat-slicer jaw

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

Okapi

Kick plus ossicone bump

Tool: kick plus ossicone bump. Bite: 30 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
Okapi
50 km/h
Carnotaurus48 km/h
Okapi50 km/h

Carnotaurus

48 km/h

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

Okapi

50 km/h

Okapi can go 50 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
CarnotaurusOkapiBoth

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.

Okapi

Can handle it · Lives in Africa

Okapi's home is the congo rainforest, not grassland.

No. Carnotaurus and Okapi 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.
Okapi
Plants · Forest browser.

Carnotaurus

Meat · Sprint hunter of Patagonia.

Medium plant-eaters on South American plains.

Okapi

Plants · Forest browser.

Leaves, fruit, and fungi.

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
Okapi
Lives alone
Carnotaurus7 grit /10
Okapi5 grit /10

Carnotaurus

Lives alone

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

Okapi

Lives alone

Ghost of the rainforest. 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?

Carnotaurus
4/10
Okapi
5/10
Carnotaurus4 brains /10
Okapi5 brains /10

Carnotaurus

4/10

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

Okapi

5/10

Huge ears.

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
Okapi
Okapia johnstoni

Carnotaurus

Carnotaurus sastrei

Abelisaurids like Abelisaurus and Majungasaurus.

Okapi

Okapia johnstoni

Giraffes.

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
Okapi
Ghost of the Ituri

Carnotaurus

Patagonia Sprint Horns

The tail and legs look built for speed.

Okapi

Ghost of the Ituri

They are so shy scientists photographed them in the wild only recently.

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 · Okapi 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

WHAM!

THEY MEET

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

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

WHOOSH!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Carnotaurus is heavier. Okapi uses kick plus ossicone bump. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

ZING!

SPECIAL MOVES

Carnotaurus tries the Patagonia Sprint Horns. Okapi tries the Ghost of the Ituri. 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. Okapi 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 6 · Okapi 1 · ties 1.

Your card: Carnotaurus 0 · Okapi 0.

The last page follows the whole animal — body plus home — not one bar chart.

Send this fight

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