WHO WILL WIN?
Leopard
RASP-GROWL
Velociraptor
SKREEE
THE SETUP

Leopard vs Velociraptor

Leopard
Leopard
Velociraptor
Velociraptor

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

Would they meet?

No. Leopard and Velociraptor 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

Leopard

Panthera pardus · The spotted ghost of the treetops.

Leopard
Home
African and Asian woodland · Lives in Africa / Asia
Food
Meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Leopard is medium.

Ambush, then haul dinner up a tree.

Night specialist.

Secretive and bold.

  • Leopard is medium and fast.
  • Antelope, monkeys, birds — leopards are not picky, just sneaky.
  • They live just about everywhere a tree or a rocky hideout exists.

Family: Lion, tiger, jaguar — the roaring cousins with different fashion.

Corner B

Velociraptor

Velociraptor mongoliensis · Turkey-sized, feathered, and scientifically not a movie extra.

Velociraptor
Home
Late Cretaceous dunes of Mongolia · Lived in Asia long ago
Food
Meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Velociraptor is small.

Sickle-claw pinner of small prey.

Sharp-eyed, quick-headed.

Fierce for a turkey.

  • Velociraptor is small and fast.
  • Small animals, maybe Protoceratops.
  • Mongolian desert dunes, not a jungle gym.

Family: Birds, Deinonychus, and the other dromaeosaurs.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

0.70 m

Leopard to scale

Leopard

0.50 m

Velociraptor to scale

Velociraptor

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

Leopard60 kg

About as heavy as a fifth-grader, with much better climbing grades.

Velociraptor15 kg

About as heavy as a big turkey or a small dog. Hip-tall to a first grader.

Leopard

0.70 m · 60 kg

Leopard is medium. 60 kg.

Velociraptor

0.50 m · 15 kg

Velociraptor is small. 15 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: Tree-drag canines
  • Armor: Spot camouflage
  • Senses: Night specialist.

Leopard · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Sickle toe-claw
  • Armor: Feather coat
  • Senses: Sharp-eyed, quick-headed.

Velociraptor · labeled field diagram

Leopard310 psi bite
Velociraptor200 psi bite

Leopard

Tree-drag canines

Tool: tree-drag canines. Bite: 310 psi.

Velociraptor

Sickle toe-claw

Tool: sickle toe-claw. 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?

Leopard
58 km/h
Velociraptor
40 km/h
Leopard58 km/h
Velociraptor40 km/h

Leopard

58 km/h

Leopard can go 58 km/h. That is fast.

Velociraptor

40 km/h

Velociraptor can go 40 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
LeopardVelociraptorBoth

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

Leopard

This is home · Lives in Africa / Asia

Leopard lives in places like grassland.

Velociraptor

This is home · Lived in Asia long ago

Velociraptor lives in places like grassland.

No. Leopard and Velociraptor did not live at the same time. This meeting is pretend.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Leopard
Meat · Ambush, then haul dinner up a tree.
Velociraptor
Meat · Sickle-claw pinner of small prey.

Leopard

Meat · Ambush, then haul dinner up a tree.

Antelope, monkeys, birds — leopards are not picky, just sneaky.

Velociraptor

Meat · Sickle-claw pinner of small prey.

Small animals, maybe Protoceratops.

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.

Leopard
Lives alone
Velociraptor
Lives alone
Leopard8 grit /10
Velociraptor7 grit /10

Leopard

Lives alone

Secretive and bold. Grit: 8/10.

Velociraptor

Lives alone

Fierce for a turkey. 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?

Leopard
7/10
Velociraptor
6/10
Leopard7 brains /10
Velociraptor6 brains /10

Leopard

7/10

Night specialist.

Velociraptor

6/10

Sharp-eyed, quick-headed.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Leopard
Panthera pardus
Velociraptor
Velociraptor mongoliensis

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Lion, tiger, jaguar — the roaring cousins with different fashion.

Velociraptor

Velociraptor mongoliensis

Birds, Deinonychus, and the other dromaeosaurs.

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?

Leopard
Ambush from Above
Velociraptor
Feather-Dash Pin

Leopard

Ambush from Above

They hunt at night and drop from branches like spotted lightning.

Velociraptor

Feather-Dash Pin

Fast, smart for a dinosaur, and about the size of a turkey.

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: Leopard 0 · Velociraptor 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

FWOOSH!

THEY MEET

Leopard runs first. Velociraptor does not race. They wait in grassland.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

KICK!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Leopard is heavier. Velociraptor uses sickle toe-claw. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

STOOMP!

SPECIAL MOVES

Leopard tries the Ambush from Above. Velociraptor tries the Feather-Dash Pin. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Leopard!

A CLEAR PICK

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

On grassland, Leopard wins. Leopard is a lot heavier. Velociraptor 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: Leopard 4 · Velociraptor 0 · ties 4.

Your card: Leopard 0 · Velociraptor 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 · Leopard

Cubs. Spots. The next rumble starts in twenty years.

Nashville Zoo · Wikimedia Commons · CC. Source

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