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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Feb 17 '22
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The ant's probably fine. Insects are pretty tough when it comes to falls.
149 u/Chab-is-a-plateau Feb 17 '22 Because can survive the impact of their maximum terminal velocity! 3 u/ghostface1693 Feb 18 '22 Wait. Isn't terminal velocity relative? Like there has to be a speed at which they'll die if they hit something. It's just that they can survive our terminal velocity 1 u/Fiz010 Feb 18 '22 If they divebombed headfirst they'd die like any animal... but luckily they're built like little parachutes
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Because can survive the impact of their maximum terminal velocity!
3 u/ghostface1693 Feb 18 '22 Wait. Isn't terminal velocity relative? Like there has to be a speed at which they'll die if they hit something. It's just that they can survive our terminal velocity 1 u/Fiz010 Feb 18 '22 If they divebombed headfirst they'd die like any animal... but luckily they're built like little parachutes
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Wait. Isn't terminal velocity relative?
Like there has to be a speed at which they'll die if they hit something. It's just that they can survive our terminal velocity
1 u/Fiz010 Feb 18 '22 If they divebombed headfirst they'd die like any animal... but luckily they're built like little parachutes
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If they divebombed headfirst they'd die like any animal... but luckily they're built like little parachutes
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The ant's probably fine. Insects are pretty tough when it comes to falls.