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

Red Panda vs Gazelle

Red Panda
Red Panda
Gazelle
Gazelle

Pretend a red panda and a gazelle meet in the mountains. 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

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.

Corner B

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.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

0.60 m

Red Panda to scale

Red Panda

0.70 m

Gazelle to scale

Gazelle

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

Red Panda5 kg

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

Gazelle25 kg

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

Red Panda

0.60 m · 5 kg

Red Panda is small. 5 kg.

Gazelle

0.70 m · 25 kg

Gazelle is small. 25 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: Needle claws + fake thumb
  • Armor: Fluff camouflage
  • Senses: Whiskers and a good nose in the misty forest.

Red Panda · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Lyre horns plus kick
  • Armor: Stotting bounce
  • Senses: Side-set eyes for a wraparound view.

Gazelle · labeled field diagram

Red Panda80 psi bite
Gazelle20 psi bite

Red Panda

Needle claws + fake thumb

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

Gazelle

Lyre horns plus kick

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

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

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

Red Panda

24 km/h

Red Panda can go 24 km/h. That is not very fast.

Gazelle

80 km/h

Gazelle can go 80 km/h. That is 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 the mountains. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
Red PandaGazelleBoth

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

Red Panda

This is home · Lives in Asia

Red Panda lives in places like the mountains.

Gazelle

Not their home · Lives in Africa

Gazelle's home is the african savanna, not the mountains.

Almost never. Their homes sit next to each other.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

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

Red Panda

Plants and meat · Bamboo and snacks.

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

Gazelle

Plants · Grazer.

Short grass.

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.

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

Red Panda

Lives alone

Shy climber. Grit: 4/10.

Gazelle

Lives in a herd

Nervous athlete. Grit: 5/10.

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?

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

Red Panda

6/10

Whiskers and a good nose in the misty forest.

Gazelle

5/10

Side-set eyes for a wraparound view.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Red Panda
Ailurus fulgens
Gazelle
Eudorcas thomsonii

Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens

Not giant pandas.

Gazelle

Eudorcas thomsonii

Antelopes and impalas.

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?

Red Panda
Tree-Drop Vanish
Gazelle
Zigzag Pronk

Red Panda

Tree-Drop Vanish

When scared they climb.

Gazelle

Zigzag Pronk

80 km/h plus sudden cuts.

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: Red Panda 0 · Gazelle 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 the mountains.

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

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

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Gazelle!

A CLEAR PICK

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

On the mountains, Gazelle wins. Gazelle is a lot heavier. 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: Red Panda 2 · Gazelle 5 · ties 1.

Your card: Red Panda 0 · Gazelle 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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