Eli5 how can insects survive a slap from humans, a creature that’s gigantic compared to them
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As others already pointed out, at an insect’s scale, exoskeletons are actually durable. Also, the force of your whole hand barely gets transferred to that insect that only get in contact with a tiny part of your palm.
As others already pointed out, at an insect’s scale, exoskeletons are actually durable. Also, the force of your whole hand barely gets transferred to that insect that only get in contact with a tiny part of your palm.
As others already pointed out, at an insect’s scale, exoskeletons are actually durable. Also, the force of your whole hand barely gets transferred to that insect that only get in contact with a tiny part of your palm.
Time.
You don’t break something when moving it because you’re applying a force through time. You’re accelerating slowly. That’s what happens when you slap an insect, you move it aside quite suddenly but not instantly. You’re giving it too much time.
If you slap it against a wall, it goes from 0 to 100 to 0 in one millisecond. That’s how you kill an insect. Or anything, really.
Time.
You don’t break something when moving it because you’re applying a force through time. You’re accelerating slowly. That’s what happens when you slap an insect, you move it aside quite suddenly but not instantly. You’re giving it too much time.
If you slap it against a wall, it goes from 0 to 100 to 0 in one millisecond. That’s how you kill an insect. Or anything, really.
Time.
You don’t break something when moving it because you’re applying a force through time. You’re accelerating slowly. That’s what happens when you slap an insect, you move it aside quite suddenly but not instantly. You’re giving it too much time.
If you slap it against a wall, it goes from 0 to 100 to 0 in one millisecond. That’s how you kill an insect. Or anything, really.
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