WHO WILL WIN?
Parasaurolophus
TROOOOT
Snow Leopard
CHUFF-YOWL
THE SETUP

Parasaurolophus vs Snow Leopard

Parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus
Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard

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

Would they meet?

No. Parasaurolophus and Snow Leopard 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

Parasaurolophus

Parasaurolophus walkeri · A duckbill with a trombone on its head.

Parasaurolophus
Home
Late Cretaceous forests of western North America · Lived in North America long ago
Food
Plants
Group
Lives in a herd
Size
Parasaurolophus is huge.

Does not hunt.

The crest was a horn.

Nervy salad.

  • Parasaurolophus is huge and fast.
  • Plants ground by a dental battery — a whole chalkboard of replacement teeth.
  • Late Cretaceous North America.

Family: Other hadrosaurs: Edmontosaurus, Corythosaurus, and the duckbill crowd.

Corner B

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia · A ghost cat with a tail like a scarf.

Snow Leopard
Home
Central Asian mountains · Lives in Asia
Food
Meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Snow Leopard is medium.

Mountain ambush.

Pale coat is the mountain's own shadow.

Ghost cat.

  • Snow Leopard is medium and fast.
  • Blue sheep, ibex, and the occasional livestock snack when wild food is scarce.
  • High, cold mountains where oxygen is a suggestion.

Family: Tigers and leopards.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

3.2 m

Parasaurolophus to scale

Parasaurolophus

0.60 m

Snow Leopard to scale

Snow Leopard

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

Parasaurolophus2,500 kg

About as heavy as a rhinoceros, with a head-crest as long as a baseball bat.

Snow Leopard45 kg

About as heavy as a big dog, with a tail as long as the rest of the cat.

Parasaurolophus

3.2 m · 2,500 kg

Parasaurolophus is huge. 2,500 kg.

Snow Leopard

0.60 m · 45 kg

Snow Leopard is medium. 45 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: Herd, kick, and a honk
  • Armor: Duckbill battery
  • Senses: The crest was a horn.

Parasaurolophus · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Cliff-pounce paws
  • Armor: Smoke-spot coat
  • Senses: Pale coat is the mountain's own shadow.

Snow Leopard · labeled field diagram

Parasaurolophus200 psi bite
Snow Leopard310 psi bite

Parasaurolophus

Herd, kick, and a honk

Tool: herd, kick, and a honk. Bite: 200 psi.

Snow Leopard

Cliff-pounce paws

Tool: cliff-pounce paws. Bite: 310 psi.

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Parasaurolophus
40 km/h
Snow Leopard
64 km/h
Parasaurolophus40 km/h
Snow Leopard64 km/h

Parasaurolophus

40 km/h

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

Snow Leopard

64 km/h

Snow Leopard can go 64 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
ParasaurolophusSnow LeopardBoth

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

Parasaurolophus

This is home · Lived in North America long ago

Parasaurolophus lives in places like forest.

Snow Leopard

Can handle it · Lives in Asia

Snow Leopard's home is the central asian mountains, not forest.

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

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Parasaurolophus
Plants · Does not hunt.
Snow Leopard
Meat · Mountain ambush.

Parasaurolophus

Plants · Does not hunt.

Plants ground by a dental battery — a whole chalkboard of replacement teeth.

Snow Leopard

Meat · Mountain ambush.

Blue sheep, ibex, and the occasional livestock snack when wild food is scarce.

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.

Parasaurolophus
Lives in a herd
Snow Leopard
Lives alone
Parasaurolophus5 grit /10
Snow Leopard7 grit /10

Parasaurolophus

Lives in a herd

Nervy salad. Grit: 5/10.

Snow Leopard

Lives alone

Ghost cat. 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?

Parasaurolophus
4/10
Snow Leopard
7/10
Parasaurolophus4 brains /10
Snow Leopard7 brains /10

Parasaurolophus

4/10

The crest was a horn.

Snow Leopard

7/10

Pale coat is the mountain's own shadow.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus walkeri
Snow Leopard
Panthera uncia

Parasaurolophus

Parasaurolophus walkeri

Other hadrosaurs: Edmontosaurus, Corythosaurus, and the duckbill crowd.

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia

Tigers and leopards.

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?

Parasaurolophus
Crest Trombone Blast
Snow Leopard
Ridge Ghost Drop

Parasaurolophus

Crest Trombone Blast

Air through the hollow crest probably made a low honk.

Snow Leopard

Ridge Ghost Drop

They can leap 9 meters — a whole bus length of 'where did that cat come from?

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: Parasaurolophus 0 · Snow Leopard 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

THWACK!

THEY MEET

Snow Leopard runs first. Parasaurolophus does not race. They wait in forest.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

SLAM!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Parasaurolophus is heavier. Snow Leopard uses cliff-pounce paws. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

POW!

SPECIAL MOVES

Parasaurolophus tries the Crest Trombone Blast. Snow Leopard tries the Ridge Ghost Drop. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Parasaurolophus!

A STOMP · UNDERDOG

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

On forest, Parasaurolophus wins. Parasaurolophus likes forest more. Snow Leopard 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: Parasaurolophus 2 · Snow Leopard 5 · ties 1.

Your card: Parasaurolophus 0 · Snow Leopard 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.

Also starring · Snow Leopard

Ghost cat. Lunch. You were never supposed to see this.

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