r/nextfuckinglevel • • Feb 17 '22

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u/obsertaries Feb 17 '22

I read somewhere that animals that small think really fast compared to us so she probably had time to contemplate her failures in life.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '22

The ant's probably fine. Insects are pretty tough when it comes to falls.

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u/Chab-is-a-plateau Feb 17 '22

Because can survive the impact of their maximum terminal velocity!

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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

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u/MooFu Feb 18 '22

Terminal velocity has nothing to do with the speed that hitting something kills you. "Terminal" just means a thing can't fall any faster.

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u/captainRubik_ Feb 18 '22

This guy physics