How far does a spider have to fall before it hurts it self?
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in to the bath before i turn the tap on
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under my shoe
some spiders "ride" the wind. so very very far for some
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.
lol good question never thought about it
Infinitely far.. except maybe the really, really big ones.
Google 'terminal velocity' for lots of fun facts.
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).
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.
mmmmm, i wonder
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.
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
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.
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