Why do insects like ants not get broken legs when falling from a distance like humans?

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I saw an ant on the table today, I brushed it aside and it fell on from the kitchen table to the floor, around 3 feet. I then saw the ant continue to move forward as if nothing happened. I feel a human may potentially break a leg if falling from a comparable height. So I’m curious, why did the ant not break any legs?

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As animals get smaller and weigh less, their overall durability and strength relative to their bodies tends to increase, because while the materials their bodies are made up of are the same, the weight and force applied to them is reduced. The ant weighed so little that the force on impact wasn’t enough to damage its exoskeleton.

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