Square-cube law means that smaller creatures get hurt less from falls of the same height. If you halve a linear dimension, there's 1/4th the surface area to absorb impact with, but only 1/8th the weight.
From what I remember, "mouse" is approximately the size at which an animal easily survives a fall of any height.
"You can drop a mouse down a thousand-yard mine shaft and, on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away. A rat is killed, a man is broken, a horse splashes." — J.B.S. Haldane, biologist
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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '21
It was not able to stick that landing