Do bugs take fall damage?

[The Wok]

This can't be a dumb question

[Dracoco OwO]

I know some spiders litterally swing webs in the air and fly or just jump really high, i think they wouldn't be reckless if there was a real risk they can die from a bad fall.

[Pieshaman]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Fumo Bnnuy n Frends:

biologist here

some do depending on factors. But usually insects are ironically small enough that wind can act as a buffer.

it's like if you fall from atop of the empire state building but with flaps. The wind will push you up a bit under right conditions

infact someone survived dying like that. They fell from a tall rooftop skyscraper but a gust of wind pushed them through a window a couple floors form the main floor or about hallway into an open window.


the other thing is insects have their skeleton on the OUTSIDE. Most do. So in essence it'd be like if you have armor on the outside and padding on the inside.

Unless they fall at a weird angle the exoskeleton protects it ALOT
if trees and other insects can't really harm it then a small fall shouldn't as much.

if you take away air for scientific reasons, they still not fall to death. they just have not the mass for it. I don't know why most people are thinking that air have something to do with it.
it probably hard to imagine falling without getting hurt.

[Delta]

Drop a tarantula from the top of the Eiffel Tower and see what happens.

[Supersquid]

I said something like this when I was six...

[skOsH♥]

I've seen a beetle fall onto its back after a 1.8m fall

It was dazed for a bit, but seemed fine. It did make a quiet "thwack" on the floor

[Tristin]

Your question seems already answered.
So here's something more interesting maybe.

Try cats?
1. Do cats take fall damage?
2. Do cats have 9 lives?

[Grim Reaper]

The bigger they are the harder they fall. So yeah, a bug is going to fall really easy and probably won't have to worry about anything.