WHO WILL WIN?
Gazelle
SNORT-PRONK
Red Panda
SQUEAK-TWITTER
THE SETUP

Gazelle vs Red Panda

Gazelle
Gazelle
Red Panda
Red Panda

Pretend a gazelle and a red panda meet in grassland. Look at the facts. Then you pick.

Would they meet?

Almost never. Their homes sit next to each other.

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

Gazelle

Eudorcas thomsonii · A spring with horns and a stotting hobby.

Gazelle
Home
African savanna · Lives in Africa
Food
Plants
Group
Lives in a herd
Size
Gazelle is small.

Grazer.

Side-set eyes for a wraparound view.

Nervous athlete.

  • Gazelle is small and very fast.
  • Short grass.
  • Open plains where a lookout and a sprint are the whole security system.

Family: Antelopes and impalas.

Corner B

Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens · A rusty acrobat who would rather nap than rumble.

Red Panda
Home
Himalayan forests · Lives in Asia
Food
Plants and meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Red Panda is small.

Bamboo and snacks.

Whiskers and a good nose in the misty forest.

Shy climber.

  • Red Panda is small and not very fast.
  • Mostly bamboo, plus fruit, eggs, and insects when the salad bar is closed.
  • Cool mountain forests with plenty of branches and very few appointments.

Family: Not giant pandas.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

0.70 m

Gazelle to scale

Gazelle

0.60 m

Red Panda to scale

Red Panda

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

Gazelle25 kg

About as heavy as a second-grader, twice as bouncy.

Red Panda5 kg

About as heavy as a bag of flour that learned parkour.

Gazelle

0.70 m · 25 kg

Gazelle is small. 25 kg.

Red Panda

0.60 m · 5 kg

Red Panda is small. 5 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: Lyre horns plus kick
  • Armor: Stotting bounce
  • Senses: Side-set eyes for a wraparound view.

Gazelle · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Needle claws + fake thumb
  • Armor: Fluff camouflage
  • Senses: Whiskers and a good nose in the misty forest.

Red Panda · labeled field diagram

Gazelle20 psi bite
Red Panda80 psi bite

Gazelle

Lyre horns plus kick

Tool: lyre horns plus kick. Bite: 20 psi.

Red Panda

Needle claws + fake thumb

Tool: needle claws + fake thumb. Bite: 80 psi.

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Gazelle
80 km/h
Red Panda
24 km/h
Gazelle80 km/h
Red Panda24 km/h

Gazelle

80 km/h

Gazelle can go 80 km/h. That is very fast.

Red Panda

24 km/h

Red Panda can go 24 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 grassland. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
GazelleRed PandaBoth

Meeting biome: grassland. Colored land is where each animal actually lives.

Gazelle

This is home · Lives in Africa

Gazelle lives in places like grassland.

Red Panda

Can handle it · Lives in Asia

Red Panda's home is the himalayan forests, not grassland.

Almost never. Their homes sit next to each other.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Gazelle
Plants · Grazer.
Red Panda
Plants and meat · Bamboo and snacks.

Gazelle

Plants · Grazer.

Short grass.

Red Panda

Plants and meat · Bamboo and snacks.

Mostly bamboo, plus fruit, eggs, and insects when the salad bar is closed.

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.

Gazelle
Lives in a herd
Red Panda
Lives alone
Gazelle5 grit /10
Red Panda4 grit /10

Gazelle

Lives in a herd

Nervous athlete. Grit: 5/10.

Red Panda

Lives alone

Shy climber. 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?

Gazelle
5/10
Red Panda
6/10
Gazelle5 brains /10
Red Panda6 brains /10

Gazelle

5/10

Side-set eyes for a wraparound view.

Red Panda

6/10

Whiskers and a good nose in the misty forest.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Gazelle
Eudorcas thomsonii
Red Panda
Ailurus fulgens

Gazelle

Eudorcas thomsonii

Antelopes and impalas.

Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens

Not giant pandas.

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?

Gazelle
Zigzag Pronk
Red Panda
Tree-Drop Vanish

Gazelle

Zigzag Pronk

80 km/h plus sudden cuts.

Red Panda

Tree-Drop Vanish

When scared they climb.

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: Gazelle 0 · Red Panda 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

SKREEE!

THEY MEET

Gazelle runs first. Red Panda does not race. They wait in grassland.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

CHOMP!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Gazelle is heavier. Red Panda uses needle claws + fake thumb. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

SNAP!

SPECIAL MOVES

Gazelle tries the Zigzag Pronk. Red Panda tries the Tree-Drop Vanish. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Gazelle!

A STOMP

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

On grassland, Gazelle wins. Gazelle likes grassland more. Red 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: Gazelle 6 · Red Panda 1 · ties 1.

Your card: Gazelle 0 · Red 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.

Victory lap · Gazelle

Nairobi National Park. Spring-loaded legs on standby.

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