WHO WILL WIN?
Warthog
GRUNT-SQUEE
Okapi
CHUFF-BLEAT
THE SETUP

Warthog vs Okapi

Warthog
Warthog
Okapi
Okapi

Pretend a warthog and a okapi meet in forest. 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

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.

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

0.70 m

Warthog to scale

Warthog

1.60 m

Okapi to scale

Okapi

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

Warthog80 kg

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

Okapi250 kg

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

Warthog

0.70 m · 80 kg

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

Warthog · labeled field diagram

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

Okapi · labeled field diagram

Warthog300 psi bite
Okapi30 psi bite

Warthog

Curved tusks

Tool: curved tusks. Bite: 300 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?

Warthog
55 km/h
Okapi
50 km/h
Warthog55 km/h
Okapi50 km/h

Warthog

55 km/h

Warthog can go 55 km/h. That is fast.

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
WarthogOkapiBoth

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

Warthog

Can handle it · Lives in Africa

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

Okapi

This is home · Lives in Africa

Okapi lives in places like forest.

Almost never. Their homes sit next to each other.

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

Warthog
Plants and meat · Rooter.
Okapi
Plants · Forest browser.

Warthog

Plants and meat · Rooter.

Grass, roots, and leftovers.

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.

Warthog
Lives with family
Okapi
Lives alone
Warthog8 grit /10
Okapi5 grit /10

Warthog

Lives with family

Looks comic, fights like a small rhino with opinions. Grit: 8/10.

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?

Warthog
5/10
Okapi
5/10
Warthog5 brains /10
Okapi5 brains /10

Warthog

5/10

A snout for bulbs and danger.

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?

Warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
Okapi
Okapia johnstoni

Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

Pigs and wild boar.

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?

Warthog
Tail-Up Reverse Park
Okapi
Ghost of the Ituri

Warthog

Tail-Up Reverse Park

They run into dens backward so tusks face the door.

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: Warthog 0 · Okapi 0 · still open 8

Who wins the meeting?

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

SKREEE!

THEY MEET

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

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

CHOMP!

THE TOOLS SHOW UP

Okapi is heavier. Warthog uses curved tusks. Nobody is keeping a gore score.

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

SNAP!

SPECIAL MOVES

Warthog tries the Tail-Up Reverse Park. 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

Okapi!

A CLEAR PICK · UNDERDOG

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

On forest, Okapi wins. Okapi likes forest 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: Warthog 5 · Okapi 2 · ties 1.

Your card: Warthog 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.

Also starring · Warthog

Snack with tusks. The look is the point.

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