WHO WILL WIN?
Snow Leopard
CHUFF-YOWL
Warthog
GRUNT-SQUEE
THE SETUP

Snow Leopard vs Warthog

Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard
Warthog
Warthog

Pretend a snow leopard and a warthog meet in the mountains. Look at the facts. Then you pick.

Would they meet?

No. Wild snow leopards and warthogs would not meet. We still look at the facts.

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

Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus · A tusked sprinter who reverse-parks into burrows.

Warthog
Home
African savanna · Lives in Africa
Food
Plants and meat
Group
Lives with family
Size
Warthog is medium.

Rooter.

A snout for bulbs and danger.

Looks comic, fights like a small rhino with opinions.

  • Warthog is medium and fast.
  • Grass, roots, and leftovers.
  • Open woodland with aardvark burrows for rent.

Family: Pigs and wild boar.

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

0.70 m

Warthog to scale

Warthog

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.

Warthog80 kg

About as heavy as a big dog, with a tail that flags like an antenna.

Snow Leopard

0.60 m · 45 kg

Snow Leopard is medium. 45 kg.

Warthog

0.70 m · 80 kg

Warthog is medium. 80 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: Curved tusks
  • Armor: Facial warts
  • Senses: A snout for bulbs and danger.

Warthog · labeled field diagram

Snow Leopard310 psi bite
Warthog300 psi bite

Snow Leopard

Cliff-pounce paws

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

Warthog

Curved tusks

Tool: curved tusks. Bite: 300 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
Warthog
55 km/h
Snow Leopard64 km/h
Warthog55 km/h

Snow Leopard

64 km/h

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

Warthog

55 km/h

Warthog can go 55 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 LeopardWarthogBoth

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.

Warthog

Not their home · Lives in Africa

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

No. Wild snow leopards and warthogs would not meet. We still look at the facts.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Snow Leopard
Meat · Mountain ambush.
Warthog
Plants and meat · Rooter.

Snow Leopard

Meat · Mountain ambush.

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

Warthog

Plants and meat · Rooter.

Grass, roots, and leftovers.

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
Warthog
Lives with family
Snow Leopard7 grit /10
Warthog8 grit /10

Snow Leopard

Lives alone

Ghost cat. Grit: 7/10.

Warthog

Lives with family

Looks comic, fights like a small rhino with opinions. 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?

Snow Leopard
7/10
Warthog
5/10
Snow Leopard7 brains /10
Warthog5 brains /10

Snow Leopard

7/10

Pale coat is the mountain's own shadow.

Warthog

5/10

A snout for bulbs and danger.

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
Warthog
Phacochoerus africanus

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia

Tigers and leopards.

Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

Pigs and wild boar.

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
Warthog
Tail-Up Reverse Park

Snow Leopard

Ridge Ghost Drop

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

Warthog

Tail-Up Reverse Park

They run into dens backward so tusks face the door.

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 · Warthog 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

FWOOSH!

THEY MEET

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

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

KICK!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

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

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

STOOMP!

SPECIAL MOVES

Snow Leopard tries the Ridge Ghost Drop. Warthog tries the Tail-Up Reverse Park. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Snow Leopard!

A SQUEAKER

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

On the mountains, Snow Leopard wins. Snow Leopard likes the mountains more. Warthog 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 · Warthog 1.

Your card: Snow Leopard 0 · Warthog 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 · Snow Leopard

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

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