WHO WILL WIN?
Lemur
MEOW-HOWL
Jaguar
UH-UH-GRUNT
THE SETUP

Lemur vs Jaguar

Lemur
Lemur
Jaguar
Jaguar

Pretend a lemur and a jaguar meet in forest. Look at the facts. Then you pick.

Would they meet?

Yes. They could meet in the real wild. This page is still a what-if.

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

Lemur

Lemur catta · A striped-tail spring with a lot of opinions.

Lemur
Home
Madagascar forests · Lives in Africa
Food
Plants and meat
Group
Hunts with a pack
Size
Lemur is tiny.

Fruit, leaves, and insects.

Night-leaning eyes and a nose for ripe fruit.

Loud in a troop, light in a 1-v-1.

  • Lemur is tiny and not very fast.
  • Fruit, leaves, bark, and the occasional insect snack.
  • They live on the ground more than most lemurs, touring Madagascar in noisy troops.

Family: Other lemurs, lorises, and bushbabies — the strepsirrhine fan club.

Corner B

Jaguar

Panthera onca · The skull-cracker of the rainforest.

Jaguar
Home
Amazon rainforest · Lives in South America / North America
Food
Meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Jaguar is medium.

Skull-bite hunter.

Water-and-forest eyes.

Power in a compact cat.

  • Jaguar is medium and fast.
  • Capybara, deer, fish, caimans — the menu is the whole forest.
  • Rivers and dense jungle.

Family: Leopards look similar.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

0.45 m

Lemur to scale

Lemur

0.75 m

Jaguar to scale

Jaguar

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

Lemur3 kg

About as heavy as a pineapple with a very extra tail.

Jaguar95 kg

Heavier than a leopard, shorter than a tiger, meaner at the dentist.

Lemur

0.45 m · 3 kg

Lemur is tiny. 3 kg.

Jaguar

0.75 m · 95 kg

Jaguar is medium. 95 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: Tooth comb + leap
  • Armor: Stink-fencing
  • Senses: Night-leaning eyes and a nose for ripe fruit.

Lemur · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Bone-piercing bite
  • Armor: Stocky muscle coat
  • Senses: Water-and-forest eyes.

Jaguar · labeled field diagram

Lemur40 psi bite
Jaguar1500 psi bite

Lemur

Tooth comb + leap

Tool: tooth comb + leap. Bite: 40 psi.

Jaguar

Bone-piercing bite

Tool: bone-piercing bite. Bite: 1,500 psi.

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Lemur
20 km/h
Jaguar
50 km/h
Lemur20 km/h
Jaguar50 km/h

Lemur

20 km/h

Lemur can go 20 km/h. That is not very fast.

Jaguar

50 km/h

Jaguar 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 forest. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
LemurJaguarBoth

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

Lemur

This is home · Lives in Africa

Lemur lives in places like forest.

Jaguar

This is home · Lives in South America / North America

Jaguar lives in places like forest.

Yes. They could meet in the real wild. This page is still a what-if.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Lemur
Plants and meat · Fruit, leaves, and insects.
Jaguar
Meat · Skull-bite hunter.

Lemur

Plants and meat · Fruit, leaves, and insects.

Fruit, leaves, bark, and the occasional insect snack.

Jaguar

Meat · Skull-bite hunter.

Capybara, deer, fish, caimans — the menu is the whole forest.

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.

Lemur
Hunts with a pack
Jaguar
Lives alone
Lemur5 grit /10
Jaguar8 grit /10

Lemur

Hunts with a pack

Loud in a troop, light in a 1-v-1. Grit: 5/10.

Jaguar

Lives alone

Power in a compact cat. 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?

Lemur
6/10
Jaguar
7/10
Lemur6 brains /10
Jaguar7 brains /10

Lemur

6/10

Night-leaning eyes and a nose for ripe fruit.

Jaguar

7/10

Water-and-forest eyes.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Lemur
Lemur catta
Jaguar
Panthera onca

Lemur

Lemur catta

Other lemurs, lorises, and bushbabies — the strepsirrhine fan club.

Jaguar

Panthera onca

Leopards look similar.

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?

Lemur
Sunbeam Sprint
Jaguar
River Skull Clamp

Lemur

Sunbeam Sprint

Ring-tailed lemurs sunbathe like yoga class, then bounce off like popcorn.

Jaguar

River Skull Clamp

They love water.

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: Lemur 0 · Jaguar 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

WHAM!

THEY MEET

Jaguar runs first. Lemur does not race. They wait in forest.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

WHOOSH!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Jaguar is heavier. Lemur uses tooth comb + leap. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

ZING!

SPECIAL MOVES

Lemur tries the Sunbeam Sprint. Jaguar tries the River Skull Clamp. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Jaguar!

A STOMP

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

On forest, Jaguar wins. Jaguar is a lot heavier. Lemur 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: Lemur 0 · Jaguar 7 · ties 1.

Your card: Lemur 0 · Jaguar 0.

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

Send this fight

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