WHO WILL WIN?
Snow Leopard
CHUFF-YOWL
Camel
GUUUURGH
THE SETUP

Snow Leopard vs Camel

Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard
Camel
Camel

Pretend a snow leopard and a camel 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

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.

Corner B

Camel

Camelus dromedarius · A desert ship with a surprise kick.

Camel
Home
Deserts · Lives in Africa / Asia
Food
Plants
Group
Lives in a herd
Size
Camel is big.

Browser of dry country.

Long lashes and sealable nostrils for sandstorms.

Stubborn desert athlete.

  • Camel is big and fast.
  • Tough desert plants other animals will not touch.
  • They can go a week or more without water, then drink enough to fill a bathtub.

Family: Llamas and alpacas — the fluffier mountain cousins.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

0.60 m

Snow Leopard to scale

Snow Leopard

1.80 m

Camel to scale

Camel

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

Snow Leopard45 kg

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

Camel500 kg

As heavy as a grand piano, plus a built-in lunchbox on the back.

Snow Leopard

0.60 m · 45 kg

Snow Leopard is medium. 45 kg.

Camel

1.80 m · 500 kg

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

Snow Leopard · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Hump-powered kick
  • Armor: Sand-storm eyelashes
  • Senses: Long lashes and sealable nostrils for sandstorms.

Camel · labeled field diagram

Snow Leopard310 psi bite
Camel250 psi bite

Snow Leopard

Cliff-pounce paws

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

Camel

Hump-powered kick

Tool: hump-powered kick. Bite: 250 psi.

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Snow Leopard
64 km/h
Camel
40 km/h
Snow Leopard64 km/h
Camel40 km/h

Snow Leopard

64 km/h

Snow Leopard can go 64 km/h. That is fast.

Camel

40 km/h

Camel 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 the mountains. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
Snow LeopardCamelBoth

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

Snow Leopard

This is home · Lives in Asia

Snow Leopard lives in places like the mountains.

Camel

Can handle it · Lives in Africa / Asia

Camel's home is the deserts, not the mountains.

Almost never. Their homes sit next to each other.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Snow Leopard
Meat · Mountain ambush.
Camel
Plants · Browser of dry country.

Snow Leopard

Meat · Mountain ambush.

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

Camel

Plants · Browser of dry country.

Tough desert plants other animals will not touch.

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.

Snow Leopard
Lives alone
Camel
Lives in a herd
Snow Leopard7 grit /10
Camel6 grit /10

Snow Leopard

Lives alone

Ghost cat. Grit: 7/10.

Camel

Lives in a herd

Stubborn desert athlete. Grit: 6/10.

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?

Snow Leopard
7/10
Camel
5/10
Snow Leopard7 brains /10
Camel5 brains /10

Snow Leopard

7/10

Pale coat is the mountain's own shadow.

Camel

5/10

Long lashes and sealable nostrils for sandstorms.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Snow Leopard
Panthera uncia
Camel
Camelus dromedarius

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia

Tigers and leopards.

Camel

Camelus dromedarius

Llamas and alpacas — the fluffier mountain cousins.

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?

Snow Leopard
Ridge Ghost Drop
Camel
Spit Screen + Stomp

Snow Leopard

Ridge Ghost Drop

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

Camel

Spit Screen + Stomp

The 'spit' is mostly stomach juice.

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: Snow Leopard 0 · Camel 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

WHAM!

THEY MEET

Snow Leopard runs first. Camel does not race. They wait in the mountains.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

WHOOSH!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

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

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

ZING!

SPECIAL MOVES

Snow Leopard tries the Ridge Ghost Drop. Camel tries the Spit Screen + Stomp. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Camel!

A CLEAR PICK · UNDERDOG

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

On the mountains, Camel wins. Camel is a lot heavier. 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: Snow Leopard 7 · Camel 1.

Your card: Snow Leopard 0 · Camel 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 · Camel

Zoo camels. The attitude ships free with the hump.

Zoo Ljubljana · Wikimedia Commons · CC. Source

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