ELi5: How come ants can survive almost any fall but humans can’t?

Question

I know it has to do something with mass, but i’m clueless.

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Answer 1

Terminal Velocity.

Basically there is a point when falling where you no longer pick up speed. Due to a bunch of math reasons ants hit this almost immediately upon falling. The impact does basically no damage to them. so, it doesn’t matter If you drop them an inch or off a skyscraper they still fall at the same rate and speed and thus the impact is the same.

humans for instance take longer to hit terminal velocity and impacts are fatal long before we hit it.