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Since Spiderman has no problems with falls from great heights, spiders will be fine also /s
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this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2024
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Spiders (and other small animals) are in fact fine with falls many times the height of their own body, because of the difference in how quickly volume (and therefore mass) and surface area (and therefore air resistance) are scaling. On the other hand, the larger they are, the harder they fall
I believe you're referring to Terminal Velocity
Small animals bounce, medium animals break, big animals splash
(FYI, do not look up examples)
A spider can literally float if it farts out some silk.
A horse becomes soup.
But soup can float in a way, so that's the same
Soup ... does not float.
Depends on the spider. When I briefly lived in AZ we had a problem with tarantulas ending up on top of our cars if we left the light on outside during the night. I knocked off off the car roof and it literally splattered. I felt bad, I assumed they would be fine.
Aw man.
Oh no, not again