WHO WILL WIN?
T. rex
RAAWR
Red Panda
SQUEAK-TWITTER
THE SETUP

T. rex vs Red Panda

T. rex
T. rex
Red Panda
Red Panda

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

Would they meet?

No. T. rex and Red Panda 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

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.

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

0.60 m

Red Panda to scale

Red Panda

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.

Red Panda5 kg

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

T. rex

3.7 m · 8,200 kg

T. rex is giant. 8,200 kg.

Red Panda

0.60 m · 5 kg

Red Panda is small. 5 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: Needle claws + fake thumb
  • Armor: Fluff camouflage
  • Senses: Whiskers and a good nose in the misty forest.

Red Panda · labeled field diagram

T. rex8000 psi bite
Red Panda80 psi bite

T. rex

Banana-sized bone shears

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

Red Panda

Needle claws + fake thumb

Tool: needle claws + fake thumb. Bite: 80 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
Red Panda
24 km/h
T. rex20 km/h
Red Panda24 km/h

T. rex

20 km/h

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

Red Panda

24 km/h

Red Panda can go 24 km/h. That is not 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 forest. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
T. rexRed PandaBoth

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.

Red Panda

This is home · Lives in Asia

Red Panda lives in places like forest.

No. T. rex and Red Panda 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.
Red Panda
Plants and meat · Bamboo and snacks.

T. rex

Meat · Giant bite-and-pull hunter.

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

Red Panda

Plants and meat · Bamboo and snacks.

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

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
Red Panda
Lives alone
T. rex9 grit /10
Red Panda4 grit /10

T. rex

Lives alone

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

Red Panda

Lives alone

Shy climber. Grit: 4/10.

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
Red Panda
6/10
T. rex5 brains /10
Red Panda6 brains /10

T. rex

5/10

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

Red Panda

6/10

Whiskers and a good nose in the misty forest.

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
Red Panda
Ailurus fulgens

T. rex

Tyrannosaurus rex

Birds!

Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens

Not giant pandas.

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
Red Panda
Tree-Drop Vanish

T. rex

Bone-Crunch Clamp

T.

Red Panda

Tree-Drop Vanish

When scared they climb.

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 · Red Panda 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

THWACK!

THEY MEET

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

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

SLAM!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

T. rex is heavier. Red Panda uses needle claws + fake thumb. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

POW!

SPECIAL MOVES

T. rex tries the Bone-Crunch Clamp. Red Panda tries the Tree-Drop Vanish. 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. 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: T. rex 5 · Red Panda 2 · ties 1.

Your card: T. rex 0 · Red Panda 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 · Red Panda

Bamboo in the rain. Tiny champ. Huge snack.

Grendelkhan · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA. Source

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