question: Why can a bug survive a large drop where for a human or other animal, it would kill them?
comment: Because things don't scale. The concept is called the Cube - Squared law. When you double the length of an animal, you square its surface area, but you *cube* its volume. This means that mass "grows" faster than the physiological structures that support mass. So a tiny bug can have long spindly legs, and they hold it up just fine. Make the bug bigger, and its mass goes up faster than the cross-sectional surface area of its legs (which is what determines how much weight they can hold). That's why elephants and rhinos, for example, have such thick stubby legs. I'm using legs as an example, but the concept extends to a thousand other things. In general, the more massive an animal is, the more stress that mass puts on its body parts. When you expose a bug to lots of acceleration (in a fall), that's okay, because there is a lot of "wiggle room". When you expose a bigger animal to that same acceleration . . . their body structures already have enough to do just supporting their weight; they can't handle the extra stress. Edit: the extreme example is how beached whales are crushed by their own body weight without even moving.
passages: BULLET::::- French Stewart – The Termite-ator, a termite.
  
  BULLET::::- Tom Kenny – The Dung Beetle Brothers, two dung beetles.
  
  BULLET::::- Jason Alexander – Weevil Kneevil, an acorn weevil.
  
  Section::::Movie clips.
  
  BULLET::::- "Beginning of the End" – Stock footage of giant grasshoppers is recycled from this film.
  
  BULLET::::- "Empire of the Ants" – During the part where Hopper takes over the show, he shows a clip from "Empire of the Ants" (although in black and white) to show how humans depict insects as "monsters".
  
  Section::::See also.
  
  BULLET::::- The Tree of Life
   Understanding the biology and life cycle of the pest is also an important factor in determining droplet size. The Agricultural Research Service, for example, has conducted tests to determine the ideal droplet size of a pesticide used to combat corn earworms. They found that in order to be effective, the pesticide needs to penetrate through the corn’s silk, where the earworm’s larvae hatch. The research concluded that larger pesticide droplets best penetrated the targeted corn silk. Knowing where the pest's destruction originates is crucial in targeting the amount of pesticide needed.
  
  Section::::Spray application.:Quality and Assessment of Equipment.
   Recent experiments have found organisms that can survive both the acceleration and jerk involved in reaching escape velocity. A major impact event was simulated using an air cannon to propel both ice and agar projectiles covered with chosen microorganisms to extreme speeds and then crashing the projectiles into a solid surface. Two species of bacteria were tested - "R. erythropolis" and "B. subtilis" - and while survival rates were low, at 100 GPa of peak pressure there was still a survival rate of 3.9x10 in the "B. subtilis". These findings have been replicated with other bacteria as well - "D. radiodurans" as well as when shot into liquid water - with similar low, but not zero, survival rates. Also, experimental methods have been varied, and survival rates have also been found when bacteria are subjected to acceleration at an extended time, through the use of a centrifuge as well as when shot into liquid water. While very small, these finite results show that some lifeforms could survive the impact from a major impact event.
   A swarm of mosquitoes proceed to chase the RV. As the mosquitoes attack through the windows, Megan accidentally opens a side door and hangs precariously from it, before being saved by Ray. Earl breaks free from his restraints, uses a hatchet to save Junior from a mosquito, and threatens to kill Megan. She stabs Earl with a severed proboscis as another wave of mosquitoes assault the RV, causing it to crash. As the group crawls through a pipe to evade the swarm, Junior is impaled by a mosquito, causing his eyes to bulge and explode. 
   BULLET::::- The Bertram Larvan version of Bug-Eyed Bandit appears in "", voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. This version possesses the ability to shrink down to the size of an insect. In "Aquaman's Outrageous Adventure", he is shown fighting the Atom on Aquaman's windshield in micro-size until Aquaman wipes them off with his windshield wipers. In "The Criss Cross Conspiracy", the shrunken Batman and Atom end up fighting Bug-Eyed Bandit and his robotic ants where the two gain the unlikely help from Aquaman.
  
  Section::::In other media.:Television.:Arrowverse.
   BULLET::::- Mosquitoes - These female flies attack Rollie from above and drain both his life and rolling energy, swelling their heads. Rollie must attack them when their noses are impaled in the ground. They appear in level 3.
  
  BULLET::::- Water hoppers - These buggers can be defeated only by buddy bugs and should be avoided at all costs. They appear in level 3.
  
  BULLET::::- Water spider - He is an aquatic taxi. If Rollie gives him a coin, the water spider will offer him a ride, making Rollie avoid the killer fish and frogs. He appears in level 3.
   Section::::Flight test.
  
  The prototype Bug was completed and delivered to the Aviation Section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1918, near the end of World War I. The first flight on October 2, 1918 was a failure: the plane climbed too steeply after takeoff, stalled and crashed. Subsequent flights were successful, and the aircraft was demonstrated to Army personnel at Dayton.
  
  "The Kettering Bug had 2 successes on 6 attempts at Dayton, 1 of 4 at Amityville, and 4 of 14 at Carlstrom."
   Bug can cling to walls and has exceptional agility. He has extraordinary sight, with enhanced peripheral vision gained by wearing his helmet. His antennae enable communication with others bearing antennae, and provide heightened sensory awareness with a limited degree of danger sense. 
  
  Section::::In other media.
  
  In an interview for "Guardians of the Galaxy", director and screenwriter James Gunn revealed that Bug was in a previous script for the movie as a part of the team.
   e.g. pressure, that varies with time and position: 
  
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  then the bug experiences a change formula_8 in the scalar value,
  
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   The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, shows a 61% score based on 131 reviews, with an average rating of 6.23/10. The consensus states: "Disappointing resolution aside, "Bug" uses its claustrophobic setting and cinéma vérité camerawork to tense, impressive effect." Metacritic reports an average score of 62 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews" based on 29 reviews.
   An alien spacecraft crashes down in a U.S. national park. A mosquito sucks the blood of the craft's deceased extraterrestrial pilot, causing the insect to mutate to an abnormally large size. While driving to a summer camp in the park, lovers Megan and Ray accidentally hit the mosquito. They get out of the vehicle, and Ray finds its severed proboscis in his car's radiator. Meanwhile, a park ranger named Hendricks is ordered by the park chief to spray gaseous mosquito repellent.
   Terminal velocity is higher for larger creatures, and thus potentially more deadly. A creature such as a mouse falling at its terminal velocity is much more likely to survive impact with the ground than a human falling at its terminal velocity. A small animal such as a cricket impacting at its terminal velocity will probably be unharmed. This, combined with the relative ratio of limb cross-sectional area vs. body mass (commonly referred to as the Square-cube law), explains why very small animals can fall from a large height and not be harmed.
  
  Section::::Very low Reynolds numbers: Stokes' drag.
   BULLET::::- "Teinopodagrion yunka"
  
  BULLET::::- Giant waterfall damsel ("Thaumatoneura inopinata")
  
  Section::::Insects.:Odonata.:Gomphids.
  
  BULLET::::- "Amphigomphus hansoni"
  
  BULLET::::- "Amphigomphus nakamurai"
  
  BULLET::::- "Anisogomphus anderi"
  
  BULLET::::- "Anisogomphus bivittatus"
  
  BULLET::::- "Anisogomphus koxingai"
  
  BULLET::::- "Anisogomphus maacki"
  
  BULLET::::- "Anisogomphus occipitalis"
  
  BULLET::::- "Anormogomphus heteropterus"
  
  BULLET::::- Southern dragon ("Antipodogomphus acolythus")
  
  BULLET::::- "Aphylla boliviana"
  
  BULLET::::- "Aphylla brasiliensis"
  
  BULLET::::- "Aphylla brevipes"
  
  BULLET::::- Narrow-striped forceptail ("Aphylla protracta")
  
  BULLET::::- "Aphylla tenuis"
  
  BULLET::::- "Aphylla theodorina"
  
  BULLET::::- Two-striped forceptail ("Aphylla williamsoni")
  
  BULLET::::- "Archaeogomphus hamatus"
  
  BULLET::::- "Asiagomphus acco"
  
  BULLET::::- "Asiagomphus pacificus"
  
  BULLET::::- "Asiagomphus septimus"
  
  BULLET::::- Pale hunter ("Austrogomphus amphiclitus")
  
  BULLET::::- Jade hunter ("Austrogomphus ochraceus")
  
  BULLET::::- "Burmagomphus divaricatus"
  
  BULLET::::- "Burmagomphus intinctus"
  
  BULLET::::- "Burmagomphus pyramidalis"
  
  BULLET::::- "Burmagomphus sivalikensis"
   At Disney California Adventure, the Bug's Life theater was located in A Bug's Land. There, the queue passed through a replica of Ant Island before heading underground, where the queue appeared the same as the one at Disney's Animal Kingdom. It was originally part of the Bountiful Valley Farm area of the park until A Bug's Land was built around it.
  
  Section::::Production.
   BULLET::::- Bad Weather
  
  BULLET::::- "We've Found Something in the Water"
  
  BULLET::::- Bad Boy
  
  BULLET::::- The Green Mountain
  
  Section::::Synopsis.
   BULLET::::- Sputnik Bug, a small, blue, "Eoarthropleura"-like creature from High Gravity Planet named after Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite in orbit. It has spines to protect it from a dangerous fall. Whenever it does fall, it immediately rolls up in a ball shape when it starts to tumble.
  
  BULLET::::- Splatter Bug, a small, brown, Eurypterid-like creature from High Gravity Planet. It sadly has nothing to protect its soft body. It's an evolutionary dead-end.
  
  Section::::Plot.:Helliconia.
   Bug would later appear with the other Marvel owned Micronauts (now named the Microns) in issues of "Captain Marvel" in 2000 and 2001. 
  
  Section::::Publication history.:Annihilation: Conquest.
   BULLET::::- "Bugula expansa" Hastings, 1939
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula fastigiata" Kluge, 1929
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula gautieri" Ryland, 1962
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula gnoma" Vieira, Winston & Fehlauer-Ale, 2012
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula hessei" Hasenbank, 1932
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula hummelincki" Fransen, 1986
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula ingens" Vieira, Winston & Fehlauer-Ale, 2012
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula intermedia" Liu, 1984
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula longissima" Busk, 1884
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula lophodendron" Ortmann, 1890
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula migottoi" Vieira, Winston & Fehlauer-Ale, 2012
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula miniatella" Winston & Woollacott, 2008
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula minima" Waters, 1909
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula neritina" (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula neritinoides" Hastings, 1939
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula orientalis" Liu, 1984
  
  BULLET::::- "Bugula paternostrae" Winston & Woollacott, 2008
   BULLET::::- Batmite - whom he tries to stop from cancelling the TV show in the episode "Mitefall" off Batman the Brave and the Bold
  
  Section::::Powers and weapons.
   BULLET::::- Toxic gas roaches - These cockroaches have green gas masks that protect them from the toxic slime. In level 8, the gas they leave behind explodes if ignited by fire ants or buddy bugs, so they may die without Rollie having to fight them.
  
  BULLET::::- Ghost ants - If you kill a spear throwing ant in level 9, he will rise again as a ghost ant. He cannot be kicked but he will die if he is in lava or water. If you hide for a while, he will dissipate.
   During a WW II field survey for malarial mosquito larvae in New Guinea, Darlington was sampling stagnant water. Collecting alone in the jungle, he ventured into a stagnant pool by stepping carefully onto a submerged log, but a full-grown crocodile swam up and attacked him. Although seized in the crocodile's jaws, he somehow managed by kicking the crocodile to escape and scramble back to land. Despite serious loss of blood, torn muscles and ligaments in both arms, broken bones in his right arm, and piercing wounds in both hands, he was able to hike back to the U.S. army hospital.
   BULLET::::- "Lucilia sericata", a blowfly, which lays eggs on the skins of farm animals. The maggots hatch and burrow into the flesh, distressing the animal and causing economic loss to the farmer
  
  BULLET::::- "Otodectes cynotis", the cat ear mite, responsible for Canker.
  
  BULLET::::- "Gyrodactylus salaris", a monogenean parasite of salmon, which can wipe out populations which are not resistant.
  
  Section::::Fields.:Structural.
   Some species of beetle have evolved immunity to insecticides. For example, the Colorado potato beetle, "Leptinotarsa decemlineata", is a destructive pest of potato plants. Its hosts include other members of the Solanaceae, such as nightshade, tomato, eggplant and capsicum, as well as the potato. Different populations have between them developed resistance to all major classes of insecticide. The Colorado potato beetle was evaluated as a tool of entomological warfare during World War II, the idea being to use the beetle and its larvae to damage the crops of enemy nations. Germany tested its Colorado potato beetle weaponisation program south of Frankfurt, releasing 54,000 beetles.
   According to the court, the attack was sudden because it was “of a swift and precipitous nature and not gradual or progressive.” Whether or not an event is sudden is determined by the surrounding facts and circumstances. Since the trees were killed in only ten days, the court determined the attack was sudden.
  
  The attack, in this case, in addition to being sudden, was also unusual and unexpected because there were previously no known attacks of southern pine beetles in the area of the taxpayer’s trees.
  
  Section::::Scope.:Carpenter v. Commissioner.
   BULLET::::- A parasitoid recorded on a wide range of insects including curculionid weevils, gall midges and gracillariid and lyonetiid moths
  
  BULLET::::- "A. doksyensis" – Czech Republic
  
  BULLET::::- "A. domenichinii" – Palaearctic
  
  BULLET::::- A parasitoid on various gall midges and gall wasps
  
  BULLET::::- "A. dotus" – Britain
  
  BULLET::::- A parasitoid of the gall midge "Dasineura ulmariae"
  
  BULLET::::- "A. dryocoetae" – Sweden
  
  BULLET::::- "A. dryocosmi" – China (Zhejiang province)
  
  BULLET::::- A parasitoid on the gall wasp "Dryocosmus kuriphilus"
  
  BULLET::::- "A. durmitorensis" – former Yugoslavia
  
  BULLET::::- "A. elegantulus" – France
  
  BULLET::::- "A. eleuchia" – Western Europe
  
presuppositions: A large drop should affect a bug and a human or larger animal proportionally.
corrections: Small bugs have such low mass that they don't generate much force when they fall, therefore their falls usually are not fatal, humans and larger animals on the other hand generate much force when falling which will cause a harmful or fatal impact during landing. 
raw_presuppositions: A large drop should affect a bug and a human or larger animal proportionally. A large drop should affect a bug and a human proportionally.
raw_corrections: Small bugs have such low mass that they don't generate much force when they fall, therefore their falls usually are not fatal, humans and larger animals on the other hand generate much force when falling which will cause a harmful or fatal impact during landing.  The volume of a bug and human don't scale such that a large drop would affect them proportionally.