WHO WILL WIN?
Stegosaurus
WHAP-SPIKE
Okapi
CHUFF-BLEAT
THE SETUP

Stegosaurus vs Okapi

Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus
Okapi
Okapi

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

Would they meet?

No. Stegosaurus and Okapi 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

Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus stenops · Roof-plates up top, a tagged tail in back.

Stegosaurus
Home
Late Jurassic fern prairies of western North America · Lived in North America long ago
Food
Plants
Group
Lives in a herd
Size
Stegosaurus is huge.

Browser.

A tiny brain, a low head, and a tail that did not wait for a committee.

Slow salad tank.

  • Stegosaurus is huge and slow.
  • Low plants.
  • Morrison Formation country — Late Jurassic, about 150 million years ago.

Family: Other plated dinosaurs like Kentrosaurus.

Corner B

Okapi

Okapia johnstoni · A forest giraffe in zebra socks.

Okapi
Home
Congo rainforest · Lives in Africa
Food
Plants
Group
Lives alone
Size
Okapi is big.

Forest browser.

Huge ears.

Ghost of the rainforest.

  • Okapi is big and fast.
  • Leaves, fruit, and fungi.
  • Deep rainforest.

Family: Giraffes.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

2.8 m

Stegosaurus to scale

Stegosaurus

1.60 m

Okapi to scale

Okapi

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

Stegosaurus3,500 kg

About the weight of a pickup truck, with plates that could top a grown-up's head.

Okapi250 kg

About as heavy as a pony, dressed like a secret.

Stegosaurus

2.8 m · 3,500 kg

Stegosaurus is huge. 3,500 kg.

Okapi

1.60 m · 250 kg

Okapi is big. 250 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: Thagomizer tail spikes
  • Armor: Kite-plate rooftop
  • Senses: A tiny brain, a low head, and a tail that did not wait for a committee.

Stegosaurus · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Kick plus ossicone bump
  • Armor: Stripe socks
  • Senses: Huge ears.

Okapi · labeled field diagram

Stegosaurus200 psi bite
Okapi30 psi bite

Stegosaurus

Thagomizer tail spikes

Tool: thagomizer tail spikes. Bite: 200 psi.

Okapi

Kick plus ossicone bump

Tool: kick plus ossicone bump. Bite: 30 psi.

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

Whose tools would you trust?

ZOOM!

SPEED

Who gets there first?

Stegosaurus
12 km/h
Okapi
50 km/h
Stegosaurus12 km/h
Okapi50 km/h

Stegosaurus

12 km/h

Stegosaurus can go 12 km/h. That is slow.

Okapi

50 km/h

Okapi can go 50 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
StegosaurusOkapiBoth

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

Stegosaurus

This is home · Lived in North America long ago

Stegosaurus lives in places like forest.

Okapi

This is home · Lives in Africa

Okapi lives in places like forest.

No. Stegosaurus and Okapi did not live at the same time. This meeting is pretend.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Stegosaurus
Plants · Browser.
Okapi
Plants · Forest browser.

Stegosaurus

Plants · Browser.

Low plants.

Okapi

Plants · Forest browser.

Leaves, fruit, and fungi.

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.

Stegosaurus
Lives in a herd
Okapi
Lives alone
Stegosaurus7 grit /10
Okapi5 grit /10

Stegosaurus

Lives in a herd

Slow salad tank. Grit: 7/10.

Okapi

Lives alone

Ghost of the rainforest. 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?

Stegosaurus
2/10
Okapi
5/10
Stegosaurus2 brains /10
Okapi5 brains /10

Stegosaurus

2/10

A tiny brain, a low head, and a tail that did not wait for a committee.

Okapi

5/10

Huge ears.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus stenops
Okapi
Okapia johnstoni

Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus stenops

Other plated dinosaurs like Kentrosaurus.

Okapi

Okapia johnstoni

Giraffes.

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?

Stegosaurus
Plate Parade Whip
Okapi
Ghost of the Ituri

Stegosaurus

Plate Parade Whip

The brain was famously small.

Okapi

Ghost of the Ituri

They are so shy scientists photographed them in the wild only recently.

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: Stegosaurus 0 · Okapi 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

FWOOSH!

THEY MEET

Okapi runs first. Stegosaurus does not race. They wait in forest.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

KICK!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Stegosaurus is heavier. Okapi uses kick plus ossicone bump. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

STOOMP!

SPECIAL MOVES

Stegosaurus tries the Plate Parade Whip. Okapi tries the Ghost of the Ituri. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Stegosaurus!

A STOMP

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

On forest, Stegosaurus wins. Stegosaurus is a lot heavier. Okapi 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: Stegosaurus 4 · Okapi 2 · ties 2.

Your card: Stegosaurus 0 · Okapi 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.

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