colourlessponyWhat happens to flies when you let them fly out the window of a car at 75 mph?
gandalf_der_12teWhat happens when you throw an ant out of the window of a skyscraper? Eh, they do just fine actually. These little creatures are surprisingly resilient.
It’s because when you scale things down, the ratio of mechanical strength to body mass gets much better. That’s why beetles can carry like 10x their own weight and stuff, while humans can’t.
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 Throwing an ant out of a building does not suddenly accelerate the ant to 75mph. The ant falling out of the window would not even reach close to that speed before hitting its terminal velocity.
At that speed for something that small, the air could be like a brick wall.