WHO WILL WIN?
Grizzly Bear
WOOF-ROAR
Stegosaurus
WHAP-SPIKE
THE SETUP

Grizzly Bear vs Stegosaurus

Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear
Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus

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

Would they meet?

No. Grizzly Bear and Stegosaurus 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

Grizzly Bear

Ursus arctos horribilis · A mountain with claws and a short temper.

Grizzly Bear
Home
North American mountains and rivers · Lives in North America
Food
Plants and meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Grizzly Bear is big.

Opportunist: fish, berries, and whatever did not get away.

Nose of the year.

Wants space.

  • Grizzly Bear is big and fast.
  • Berries, roots, moths, moose, and a whole river of fish.
  • They need space: forests, meadows, and streams with a buffet.

Family: Polar bears.

Corner B

Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus stenops · Roof-plates up top, a tagged tail in back.

Stegosaurus
Home
Late Jurassic fern prairies of western North America · Lived in North America long ago
Food
Plants
Group
Lives in a herd
Size
Stegosaurus is huge.

Browser.

A tiny brain, a low head, and a tail that did not wait for a committee.

Slow salad tank.

  • Stegosaurus is huge and slow.
  • Low plants.
  • Morrison Formation country — Late Jurassic, about 150 million years ago.

Family: Other plated dinosaurs like Kentrosaurus.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

1.50 m

Grizzly Bear to scale

Grizzly Bear

2.8 m

Stegosaurus to scale

Stegosaurus

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

Grizzly Bear270 kg

Can stand taller than a classroom door on its hind legs.

Stegosaurus3,500 kg

About the weight of a pickup truck, with plates that could top a grown-up's head.

Grizzly Bear

1.50 m · 270 kg

Grizzly Bear is big. 270 kg.

Stegosaurus

2.8 m · 3,500 kg

Stegosaurus is huge. 3,500 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: Five-knife paws
  • Armor: Shoulder hump
  • Senses: Nose of the year.

Grizzly Bear · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Thagomizer tail spikes
  • Armor: Kite-plate rooftop
  • Senses: A tiny brain, a low head, and a tail that did not wait for a committee.

Stegosaurus · labeled field diagram

Grizzly Bear1200 psi bite
Stegosaurus200 psi bite

Grizzly Bear

Five-knife paws

Tool: five-knife paws. Bite: 1,200 psi.

Stegosaurus

Thagomizer tail spikes

Tool: thagomizer tail spikes. Bite: 200 psi.

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Grizzly Bear
56 km/h
Stegosaurus
12 km/h
Grizzly Bear56 km/h
Stegosaurus12 km/h

Grizzly Bear

56 km/h

Grizzly Bear can go 56 km/h. That is fast.

Stegosaurus

12 km/h

Stegosaurus can go 12 km/h. That is slow.

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
Grizzly BearStegosaurusBoth

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

Grizzly Bear

This is home · Lives in North America

Grizzly Bear lives in places like forest.

Stegosaurus

This is home · Lived in North America long ago

Stegosaurus lives in places like forest.

No. Grizzly Bear and Stegosaurus did not live at the same time. This meeting is pretend.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Grizzly Bear
Plants and meat · Opportunist: fish, berries, and whatever did not get away.
Stegosaurus
Plants · Browser.

Grizzly Bear

Plants and meat · Opportunist: fish, berries, and whatever did not get away.

Berries, roots, moths, moose, and a whole river of fish.

Stegosaurus

Plants · Browser.

Low plants.

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.

Grizzly Bear
Lives alone
Stegosaurus
Lives in a herd
Grizzly Bear9 grit /10
Stegosaurus7 grit /10

Grizzly Bear

Lives alone

Wants space. Grit: 9/10.

Stegosaurus

Lives in a herd

Slow salad tank. 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?

Grizzly Bear
7/10
Stegosaurus
2/10
Grizzly Bear7 brains /10
Stegosaurus2 brains /10

Grizzly Bear

7/10

Nose of the year.

Stegosaurus

2/10

A tiny brain, a low head, and a tail that did not wait for a committee.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos horribilis
Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus stenops

Grizzly Bear

Ursus arctos horribilis

Polar bears.

Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus stenops

Other plated dinosaurs like Kentrosaurus.

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?

Grizzly Bear
Salmon-Swipe Charge
Stegosaurus
Plate Parade Whip

Grizzly Bear

Salmon-Swipe Charge

They can outrun a horse for a short, extremely convincing burst.

Stegosaurus

Plate Parade Whip

The brain was famously small.

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: Grizzly Bear 0 · Stegosaurus 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

FWOOSH!

THEY MEET

Grizzly Bear runs first. Stegosaurus does not race. They wait in forest.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

KICK!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Stegosaurus is heavier. Grizzly Bear uses five-knife paws. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

STOOMP!

SPECIAL MOVES

Grizzly Bear tries the Salmon-Swipe Charge. Stegosaurus tries the Plate Parade Whip. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Stegosaurus!

A STOMP · UNDERDOG

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

On forest, Stegosaurus wins. Stegosaurus is a lot heavier. Grizzly Bear 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: Grizzly Bear 4 · Stegosaurus 2 · ties 2.

Your card: Grizzly Bear 0 · Stegosaurus 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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