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Can ants take fall damage?

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 05:48:59 2020 No.12255716 View Reply Original Report

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I just blew a bunch of them out of my window and when I went down they all survived the fall and were crawling around like nothing. And I live on a fucking 7th floor.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 05:52:38 No.12255728 Report

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>>12255716
Yes, if you drop them on a neutron star.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 05:53:27 No.12255730 Report

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>>12255716
if you throw them at the ground really really really really really hard

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 05:57:12 No.12255741 Report

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i find they actually thrive in autumn, so no

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 05:58:00 No.12255745 Report

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>>12255716
wind resistance, hard exoskeleton, low weight.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 06:02:19 No.12255756 Report

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Its terminal velocity isn't sufficient to hurt it

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 06:05:20 No.12255762 Report

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>>12255716
With no atmosphere the can accelerate to 300 mph and faster.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 06:05:55 No.12255765 Report

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>>12255716
you could drop them on the moon from a high enough distance, then they would take fall damage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 09:36:20 No.12256145 Report

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I knew insects couldn't take fall damage ages ago. Even most spiders can't. Funny thing was that all the white people in elementary school thought they could.
I'm not even white.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 09:36:58 No.12256147 Report

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>>12256145
ok nigger

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 12:01:41 No.12256358 Report

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>>12255716
Read this paper, "on being the right size", it talks about the difference in mass of animals and how it affects different abilities.
http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy3221/spring10/HaldaneRightSize.pdf

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 12:08:09 No.12256364 Report

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>>12256145
>hurr durr i thought about something in elementary school that other kids didn't i'm so smart
why do people do this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 16:20:36 No.12256871 Report

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>>12256145
Only SOME spiders can’t take fall damage, your nigger. Most arachnids (specially tarantulas and scorpions) will shatter at the slightest fall. And insects can certainly take fall damage. Ever slammed a fucking beetle against the ground?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 16:22:39 No.12256878 Report

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>>12256364
>people
Niggers aren’t.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 16:40:43 No.12256931 Report

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>>12256871
>tarantulas and scorpions
>a fucking beetle
Generally the heavier something is, the more it will suffer from falling - and some arachnids/beetles are pretty hefty

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 18:07:36 No.12257203 Report

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>>12255716
High surface area to mass ratio gives them a very low terminal velocity (~1 m/s)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 18:18:34 No.12257234 Report

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>>12255716
Light enough that gravity is mostly like on the moon probably.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 22:44:31 No.12258222 Report

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>>12255716
Scientifically speaking, will they die if I pee on them?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2020 04:18:54 No.12258974 Report

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>>12255716
their tiny bods are parachutes

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2020 04:34:52 No.12258997 Report

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>>12255716
mice and ducklings can fall pretty far without getting hurt.

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2/2 Thu 22 Oct 2020 04:52:35 No.12259036 Report

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>>12258222
It would be extremely painful...

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2020 04:53:41 No.12259039 Report

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>>12259036
So they wouldn’t die?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2020 05:16:30 No.12259069 Report

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>>12256931
What a useless, retarded generalization that doesn't even hold true "generally".
Rhinoceros beetles fling each other constantly, and they aren't the only example

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2020 05:34:27 No.12259095 Report

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>>12255716
How do you know they were the same ants?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2020 07:17:22 No.12259326 Report

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>>12259095
They replied to their respective names.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2020 07:21:26 No.12259335 Report

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>>12255716
all objects fall at a equal speed but ants don't care about that so they don't receive fall damage
>>12255728
that's fire damage

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2020 09:06:13 No.12259499 Report

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>>12255716
they take damage when things fall on them, so yes you could say they take "fall damage."

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