2006-09-12 00:02:56 · 12 answers · asked by kitthekat 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
in to the bath before i turn the tap on
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2006-09-12 06:09:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not far enough - personally I wish the little swines died falling from say 0.5mm but given it's body mass (for smallish spiders - tarantulas etc. excluded) a spider could fall several miles without dying under the influence of gravity.
Tarantulas (shudder) could probably go a couple of miles (a bit like mice).
2006-09-12 00:08:58 · answer #2 · answered by nkellingley@btinternet.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most spiders can't reach a high enough speed from falling to kill or injure them. Terminal velocity for a human, though, is around 120 mph. Spiders don't fall that fast.
2006-09-12 00:13:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the smaller spiders that you find in a house can fall quite a long way without damage. If a tarantula is dropped from a short height it can kill it.
2006-09-12 06:58:10 · answer #4 · answered by debzc 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can't, they are so light in comparison to their surface area that they only reach a very slow terminal velocity. They never fall fast enough to hurt themselves.
2006-09-12 00:05:34 · answer #5 · answered by teef_au 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is a tarantula not very far. We had one in the service we used to pass around while we were intoxicated. For a little while.
2006-09-12 00:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some spiders "ride" the wind. so very very far for some
2006-09-12 00:05:21 · answer #7 · answered by tay_jen1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinitely far.... except maybe the really, really big ones.
Google 'terminal velocity' for lots of fun facts...
2006-09-12 00:08:31 · answer #8 · answered by Lloyd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they never get the chance in my house to fall, after i hair spray them and then wallop them with my shoe and then place a book on top of them....you know...just in case of the immortal Resurrection
2006-09-12 00:37:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol good question never thought about it
2006-09-12 00:05:37 · answer #10 · answered by uofsmike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋