– if I clap next to a flying gnat it is stunned and falls to the ground, why is that?

Question

– if I clap next to a flying gnat it is stunned and falls to the ground, why is that?

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Answer 1

Disrupted the air around it, basically, and probably the fast movement from the force of the clap against the tiny thing is like hitting it, you would probably get the same if it was something like a sonic boom, or a large explosion.