I released a spider today and after launching it from about six feet up, which was about 72 times its height, I started to wonder about this.
EDIT: Took out a typo. I didn’t think anybody would care or notice but you know, Reddit.
In: Biology
Small bugs have a huge amount of surface area relative to their weight, which gives them a lot of air resistance. This means that as they fall, the air is pushing back up on them to slow them down, and it slows them down so much that they can’t get hurt from falling any distance. It’s like having their own built-in parachute.
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