2007-03-09 05:02:39 · 24 answers · asked by Bruza 17/uk 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Of course. The terminal velocity of an ant falling is very low.
2007-03-09 05:06:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know Bruza, I may call you Bruza right? Good. Well you came to the right place, and if you follow me over here, I'll show you an amazing aunt. Wonderful isn't she? 26 stone if she's an ounce, and if we chucked her off a thousand foot drop, she'd probably bounce life an indian rubber ball. But that isn't what you asked. No Bruza, you wanted to know what calamity would befall,(excuse the pun), an ant dropping one thousand feet. I put it to you Bruza, that the ant would eventually land safe and sound, somewhere close on two to three thousand feet, further along the bottom of the cliff from the original point of departure, or even still someway off the bottom on the cliff face, due to air currents, wind direction, velocity of cross wind, etc. So yes, an ant could survive a fall of that depth, and probably much deeper, and this is due to many factors. Mass weight, body design and skydiving or basejumping experience of the ant. Most ants still prefer the old method of just crawling down the cliff face.BORING! But there are some hipcats out there willing to explore their extreme sides, and step out into the breeze of the unknown. Of course if it's raining, they pretty much go splat like anything else.
2007-03-09 05:26:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1000+ feet it truly is likely that the guy reached terminal velocity. That velocity relies upon on his weight, and length and what he became wearing (say, a parachute, as an party). Its someplace round one hundred thirty mph searching on how he became oriented or maybe if he became spinning. I particularly do no longer understand what grass pavement is. Do you? A paved floor is by technique of definition man made. Grass is a plant, no longer man made. WTF are you talking about?! what type of grass? How tall? With a quite trimmed backyard, it may be very very uncommon that someone could live to inform the tale a 1000 foot loose fall onto it. On everyday a fall from 6 feet is deadly.
2016-12-05 11:24:28 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real question is "what is terminal velocity of an ant"
The follow up question is "can an ant survive the impact at that speed"
My guess is that it can.
2007-03-09 05:40:43 · answer #4 · answered by Ender 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, because it is light and small and the smaller something is, the more likely it is to "survive" kind of like particles in the air or atoms - they are very small and it "falls" to the ground all the time..and ant is very small close to a "particle" size
2007-03-09 05:07:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A flying ant could.
2007-03-09 05:06:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll try that experiment on my exhusband and let you know the probabilities of the ant scenario.
2007-03-09 05:05:44 · answer #7 · answered by mindrape 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you know i completely misread your question. i read 'could an ant survive at 1000 foot TALL' - god help us if it did! i think I'm tired, sorry if i bored you
2007-03-09 05:10:48 · answer #8 · answered by val f1 nutter 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Iwould say yes it will survive,An ant is not heavy.
2007-03-09 05:26:20 · answer #9 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. After a few feet it reaches its max speed. and it will not get hurt from either a few feet or 1000 ft.
2007-03-09 05:06:17 · answer #10 · answered by Tino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋