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

Warthog vs Snow Leopard

Warthog
Warthog
Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard

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

Would they meet?

No. Wild warthogs and snow leopards 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

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

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.

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

0.60 m

Snow Leopard to scale

Snow Leopard

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.

Snow Leopard45 kg

About as heavy as a big dog, with a tail as long as the rest of the cat.

Warthog

0.70 m · 80 kg

Warthog is medium. 80 kg.

Snow Leopard

0.60 m · 45 kg

Snow Leopard is medium. 45 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: Cliff-pounce paws
  • Armor: Smoke-spot coat
  • Senses: Pale coat is the mountain's own shadow.

Snow Leopard · labeled field diagram

Warthog300 psi bite
Snow Leopard310 psi bite

Warthog

Curved tusks

Tool: curved tusks. Bite: 300 psi.

Snow Leopard

Cliff-pounce paws

Tool: cliff-pounce paws. 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?

Warthog
55 km/h
Snow Leopard
64 km/h
Warthog55 km/h
Snow Leopard64 km/h

Warthog

55 km/h

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

Snow Leopard

64 km/h

Snow Leopard can go 64 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 grassland. Who is built for this place?

N. AmericaS. AmericaEuropeAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarctica
WarthogSnow LeopardBoth

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

Warthog

This is home · Lives in Africa

Warthog lives in places like grassland.

Snow Leopard

Not their home · Lives in Asia

Snow Leopard's home is the central asian mountains, not grassland.

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

Who gets the home point?

MENU!

FOOD

How do they get lunch?

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

Warthog

Plants and meat · Rooter.

Grass, roots, and leftovers.

Snow Leopard

Meat · Mountain ambush.

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

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
Snow Leopard
Lives alone
Warthog8 grit /10
Snow Leopard7 grit /10

Warthog

Lives with family

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

Snow Leopard

Lives alone

Ghost cat. Grit: 7/10.

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

Warthog

5/10

A snout for bulbs and danger.

Snow Leopard

7/10

Pale coat is the mountain's own shadow.

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
Snow Leopard
Panthera uncia

Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

Pigs and wild boar.

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia

Tigers and leopards.

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
Snow Leopard
Ridge Ghost Drop

Warthog

Tail-Up Reverse Park

They run into dens backward so tusks face the door.

Snow Leopard

Ridge Ghost Drop

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

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 · Snow Leopard 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 grassland.

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

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

Pretend · fact-based · not a gore-fest

THE SCIENCE PICK

Warthog!

A CLEAR PICK · UNDERDOG

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

On grassland, Warthog wins. Warthog likes grassland more. Snow 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: Warthog 2 · Snow Leopard 6.

Your card: Warthog 0 · Snow 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.

Victory lap · Warthog

Snack with tusks. The look is the point.

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