Spiders (and other small animals) are in fact fine with falls many times the height of their own body, because of the difference in how quickly volume (and therefore mass) and surface area (and therefore air resistance) are scaling. On the other hand, the larger they are, the harder they fall
I believe you’re referring to Terminal Velocity
Small animals bounce, medium animals break, big animals splash
(FYI, do not look up examples)
A spider can literally float if it farts out some silk.
A horse becomes soup.
Right in theory. But I used to live on the fifth floor and carried spiders to the window like I used to do before. In that Appartement the only difference to before was that I yeeted the spider from a height of 15m and not just 1m. That must be like skydiving without a parachute for the spider.
You could throw that spider off the 50th floor, it would be fine: https://youtu.be/f7KSfjv4Oq0?feature=shared
The depicted spider is a cellar spider btw., they are known to attack and eat redback spiders, huntsman spiders and house spiders. This is the anti-spider spider, the traitorous black legger.
As an arachnophobe I don’t relate.
I’m an arachnophobe as well and I do this, if the spider isn’t huge (fortunately, there are no huge spiders when I live… AFAIK).
It may be scary, but they’re okay! I actually felt bad and looked up if they could get fall damage, but most bugs are so light that it doesn’t do anything to them. Let 'em fly!
“Let it out?” You mean let it out of this terrible life, right? That’s the real sarcasm part right? You were about to squash it, right? I’m trying to sleep at night, man!
