How is it that bugs take no fall damage?
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To break anything you need to spend a certain amount of energy, depending on the material it is made. It’s easier to break the shell of chocolate egg by hitting it , than it is to break a baguette, than it is to break a cube of steel.
Every material needs a certain amount of energy to break its structure.
Energy is greater when the speed of the moving object is greater and when the weight of the moving object is greater.
A bug is very light. Its weight is very small. Thus when falling from a table, the energy it gets from the speed is smaller than for example an egg gets.
Also, a bug’s shell is made by cythin which is extremely durable. You know that when you try to squash a bug, you need to make some effort. That energy you spend to squash a bug is higher than the energy the bug has during the fall.
So you get a creature that is small, light, which is also extremely well armored. The fall energy it gets is not enough to break its shell. It’s smaller than what your finger can produce to squash it.
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