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. Ants are so small that when they hit the ground, the sudden stop isn’t enough to cause any real damage. This is pretty much exclusive to really small things. A mouse dropped and allowed to reach terminal velocity would absolutely unalive. Humans are huge in comparison, our terminal velocity means the sudden stop we experience kills us