WHO WILL WIN?
Elephant
BRAAAAAMP
Allosaurus
RAAAH
THE SETUP

Elephant vs Allosaurus

Elephant
Elephant
Allosaurus
Allosaurus

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

Would they meet?

No. Elephant and Allosaurus 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

Elephant

Loxodonta africana · The walking earthquake.

Elephant
Home
African savanna and woodland · Lives in Africa
Food
Plants
Group
Lives with family
Size
Elephant is giant.

Does not hunt.

Hears thunder through its feet.

Usually calm.

  • Elephant is giant and fast.
  • Elephants munch 150 kg of plants a day.
  • They roam huge distances and remember watering holes for decades.

Family: Mammoths (extinct) and, surprisingly, manatees way back in the family tree.

Corner B

Allosaurus

Allosaurus fragilis · The Jurassic's hatchet-jaw hunter.

Allosaurus
Home
Late Jurassic plains of western North America · Lived in North America long ago
Food
Meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Allosaurus is huge.

Hatchet-jaw hunter of the Jurassic.

Forward-set hunter eyes for its time.

Top predator of its chapter.

  • Allosaurus is huge and not very fast.
  • Sauropods, stegosaurs, and whatever the Jurassic buffet listed.
  • Morrison Formation, Late Jurassic.

Family: Other allosauroids.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

3.2 m

Elephant to scale

Elephant

2.8 m

Allosaurus to scale

Allosaurus

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

Elephant6,000 kg

As heavy as a school bus. Yes, really.

Allosaurus1,700 kg

About the weight of a small car, hip-tall as a doorway, shorter than T. rex and quicker on the turn.

Elephant

3.2 m · 6,000 kg

Elephant is giant. 6,000 kg.

Allosaurus

2.8 m · 1,700 kg

Allosaurus is huge. 1,700 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: Ivory battering rams
  • Armor: Tank-thick hide
  • Senses: Hears thunder through its feet.

Elephant · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Hatchet bite plus hand claws
  • Armor: Crested skull
  • Senses: Forward-set hunter eyes for its time.

Allosaurus · labeled field diagram

Elephant800 psi bite
Allosaurus2000 psi bite

Elephant

Ivory battering rams

Tool: ivory battering rams. Bite: 800 psi.

Allosaurus

Hatchet bite plus hand claws

Tool: hatchet bite plus hand claws. Bite: 2,000 psi.

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Elephant
40 km/h
Allosaurus
32 km/h
Elephant40 km/h
Allosaurus32 km/h

Elephant

40 km/h

Elephant can go 40 km/h. That is fast.

Allosaurus

32 km/h

Allosaurus can go 32 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
ElephantAllosaurusBoth

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

Elephant

This is home · Lives in Africa

Elephant lives in places like forest.

Allosaurus

This is home · Lived in North America long ago

Allosaurus lives in places like forest.

No. Elephant and Allosaurus did not live at the same time. This meeting is pretend.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Elephant
Plants · Does not hunt.
Allosaurus
Meat · Hatchet-jaw hunter of the Jurassic.

Elephant

Plants · Does not hunt.

Elephants munch 150 kg of plants a day.

Allosaurus

Meat · Hatchet-jaw hunter of the Jurassic.

Sauropods, stegosaurs, and whatever the Jurassic buffet listed.

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.

Elephant
Lives with family
Allosaurus
Lives alone
Elephant7 grit /10
Allosaurus8 grit /10

Elephant

Lives with family

Usually calm. Grit: 7/10.

Allosaurus

Lives alone

Top predator of its chapter. Grit: 8/10.

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?

Elephant
8/10
Allosaurus
4/10
Elephant8 brains /10
Allosaurus4 brains /10

Elephant

8/10

Hears thunder through its feet.

Allosaurus

4/10

Forward-set hunter eyes for its time.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Allosaurus
Allosaurus fragilis

Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Mammoths (extinct) and, surprisingly, manatees way back in the family tree.

Allosaurus

Allosaurus fragilis

Other allosauroids.

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?

Elephant
Trunk Sling + Trumpet Blast
Allosaurus
Hatchet-Chop Lunge

Elephant

Trunk Sling + Trumpet Blast

The trunk has about 40,000 muscles.

Allosaurus

Hatchet-Chop Lunge

Open wide, strike down, pull back.

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: Elephant 0 · Allosaurus 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

THWACK!

THEY MEET

Elephant runs first. Allosaurus does not race. They wait in forest.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

SLAM!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Elephant is heavier. Allosaurus uses hatchet bite plus hand claws. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

POW!

SPECIAL MOVES

Elephant tries the Trunk Sling + Trumpet Blast. Allosaurus tries the Hatchet-Chop Lunge. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Elephant!

A CLEAR PICK

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

On forest, Elephant wins. Elephant is a lot heavier. Allosaurus 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: Elephant 5 · Allosaurus 1 · ties 2.

Your card: Elephant 0 · Allosaurus 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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