Titans will clash today
as we pit one of the
largest mammals alive
against a prehistoric heavyweight.
With old horns against new tusks,
Coming into the VS ring today
are some of the largest creatures
known to humanity.
Our first fighter is the largest
land mammal alive today.
Elephants are very social creatures
led by a matriarch.
With her long tusks
and protective instincts,
you wouldn’t want to get on
this big mama’s bad side.
And in this corner,
hailing all the way back
from the Cretaceous period,
She lived over 65 million years ago
in North America.
These enormous creatures
have a reputation
for getting into it with the notorious
T.rex and coming out on top.
Let's get ready to rumble!
Weighing in at almost
5,500 kg (12,000 lb),
the elephant means business.
Measuring nearly 4 m (12 ft) tall
with a length of over 6 m (21 ft),
this contender is
the animal kingdom's
Andre the Giant.
People have seen elephants
toppling over cars
like they were made of tin foil.
But that's nothing compared
to this T. rex killer's massive
9,000 kg (20,000 lbs).
This triceratops measures
3 m (10 ft) tall
and 9 m (30 ft) long.
Their heads were sometimes
33% of their entire body length,
and they were the largest of
all land animals of their time.
It’s plain and simple.
The triceratops wins this round
as it's almost double
the elephant's size.
Despite its weight and shorter legs,
the triceratops could reach speeds
over 30 km/h (20 mph).
But the African bush elephant
is no slowpoke.
She'll charge at aggressors at speeds
reaching 40 km/h (25 mph).
Trust me folks. It's very impressive.
And utterly terrifying!
With speed on her side,
the elephant takes round 2!
These creatures' main forms of
offense are their horns and tusks.
The triceratops has three horns.
Her two largest are 1.2 m (4 ft) long,
and they're above her eyes.
The smaller one on her snout
is 0.6 m (2 ft) long.
The elephant has only two tusks,
but hers are much longer than
the triceratops' horns.
Look out, folks!
The elephant's tusks measure almost
2 m (6 ft) long.
That's longer than most
people's height.
The ground shakes
as they run at each other!
They're trying to topple
their opponents
using their massive tusks and horns!
The triceratops' weight and
lower center of gravity
make it tough for the
elephant to knock
the Cretaceous creature down.
The triceratops is used to
locking horns with her own kind,
and uses her ball socket-jointed neck
to swing her huge head
in any direction.
She lands a hit
and topples the elephant!
Maybe the elephant’s best
chance of surviving
is if she gets up and runs away.
But the triceratops is no stranger
to winning battles,
having taken down bigger dinosaurs
in the ring.
The triceratops tramples
over the elephant,
piercing her skin with her horns.
She takes this round and the fight!
The winner is the prehistoric pounder
It's hammer VS horn
when our winner takes on
the ankylosaurus
We'll see who wins
on another round of VS.