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How do ants survive a huge fall what technology do they have that humans do not?
Bigsand
Ants have a couple of things going for them, but mainly physics of airflow. In essence the terminal velocity of an ant in air is much slower than that of a human.
Terminal velocity is the speed and which air resistance forces counter balance gravity and you do not accelerate (go any faster) anymore while falling.
The terminal velocity of an ant is about 4 mph whereas a human is well over 100 mph. So an ant has much less of an impact speed when it hits the ground.
The other thing (although minor after impact speed) that helps is an ant body is more deformable than a humans and able to absorb shock better.
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