WHO WILL WIN?
T. rex
RAAWR
Leopard
RASP-GROWL
THE SETUP

T. rex vs Leopard

T. rex
T. rex
Leopard
Leopard

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

Would they meet?

No. T. rex and 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

T. rex

Tyrannosaurus rex · The banana-toothed bone cruiser.

T. rex
Home
Late Cretaceous floodplains of western North America · Lived in North America long ago
Food
Meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
T. rex is giant.

Giant bite-and-pull hunter.

A huge smelling system and eyes that faced more forward than most dinosaurs.

Top of a vanished food web.

  • T. rex is giant and not very fast.
  • Horned dinosaurs, duckbills, leftover carcasses — a giant meat-eater that did not skip free calories.
  • Fossils come from places like Hell Creek: forests, rivers, and floodplains about 66 million years ago.

Family: Birds!

Corner B

Leopard

Panthera pardus · The spotted ghost of the treetops.

Leopard
Home
African and Asian woodland · Lives in Africa / Asia
Food
Meat
Group
Lives alone
Size
Leopard is medium.

Ambush, then haul dinner up a tree.

Night specialist.

Secretive and bold.

  • Leopard is medium and fast.
  • Antelope, monkeys, birds — leopards are not picky, just sneaky.
  • They live just about everywhere a tree or a rocky hideout exists.

Family: Lion, tiger, jaguar — the roaring cousins with different fashion.

TO SCALE!

SIZE & WEIGHT

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

1.70 m

Grown-up

3.7 m

T. rex to scale

T. rex

0.70 m

Leopard to scale

Leopard

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

T. rex8,200 kg

Hip-tall as a basketball hoop, heavier than an African elephant, longer than a school bus.

Leopard60 kg

About as heavy as a fifth-grader, with much better climbing grades.

T. rex

3.7 m · 8,200 kg

T. rex is giant. 8,200 kg.

Leopard

0.70 m · 60 kg

Leopard is medium. 60 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: Banana-sized bone shears
  • Armor: Thick skull and a neck like a crane
  • Senses: A huge smelling system and eyes that faced more forward than most dinosaurs.

T. rex · labeled field diagram

  • Weapon: Tree-drag canines
  • Armor: Spot camouflage
  • Senses: Night specialist.

Leopard · labeled field diagram

T. rex8000 psi bite
Leopard310 psi bite

T. rex

Banana-sized bone shears

Tool: banana-sized bone shears. Bite: 8,000 psi.

Leopard

Tree-drag canines

Tool: tree-drag canines. 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?

T. rex
20 km/h
Leopard
58 km/h
T. rex20 km/h
Leopard58 km/h

T. rex

20 km/h

T. rex can go 20 km/h. That is not very fast.

Leopard

58 km/h

Leopard can go 58 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
T. rexLeopardBoth

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

T. rex

This is home · Lived in North America long ago

T. rex lives in places like forest.

Leopard

This is home · Lives in Africa / Asia

Leopard lives in places like forest.

No. T. rex and Leopard did not live at the same time. This meeting is pretend.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

T. rex
Meat · Giant bite-and-pull hunter.
Leopard
Meat · Ambush, then haul dinner up a tree.

T. rex

Meat · Giant bite-and-pull hunter.

Horned dinosaurs, duckbills, leftover carcasses — a giant meat-eater that did not skip free calories.

Leopard

Meat · Ambush, then haul dinner up a tree.

Antelope, monkeys, birds — leopards are not picky, just sneaky.

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.

T. rex
Lives alone
Leopard
Lives alone
T. rex9 grit /10
Leopard8 grit /10

T. rex

Lives alone

Top of a vanished food web. Grit: 9/10.

Leopard

Lives alone

Secretive and bold. 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?

T. rex
5/10
Leopard
7/10
T. rex5 brains /10
Leopard7 brains /10

T. rex

5/10

A huge smelling system and eyes that faced more forward than most dinosaurs.

Leopard

7/10

Night specialist.

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

Who would you score for noticing?

COUSINS!

FAMILY

Who are they related to?

T. rex
Tyrannosaurus rex
Leopard
Panthera pardus

T. rex

Tyrannosaurus rex

Birds!

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Lion, tiger, jaguar — the roaring cousins with different fashion.

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?

T. rex
Bone-Crunch Clamp
Leopard
Ambush from Above

T. rex

Bone-Crunch Clamp

T.

Leopard

Ambush from Above

They hunt at night and drop from branches like spotted lightning.

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: T. rex 0 · Leopard 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

WHAM!

THEY MEET

Leopard runs first. T. rex does not race. They wait in forest.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

WHOOSH!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

T. rex is heavier. Leopard uses tree-drag canines. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

ZING!

SPECIAL MOVES

T. rex tries the Bone-Crunch Clamp. Leopard tries the Ambush from Above. Keep your card. The last page is next.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

T. rex!

A STOMP

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

On forest, T. rex wins. T. rex is a lot heavier. 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: T. rex 4 · Leopard 2 · ties 2.

Your card: T. rex 0 · 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 · Leopard

Cubs. Spots. The next rumble starts in twenty years.

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