What will happen when an ant falls from the Empire State Building

Re:What will happen when an ant falls from the Empire State ... by Johnny555 on Monday May 28, 2018 @11:54AM (#17173073)

I think they just know that getting away from the monstrous predator is better than getting eaten by it, and so they escape without regard to the size of the leap. If you did the same experiment with your hand held out over the ocean, I'm sure they'd make the same leap, only to drown in the water.

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Re:What will happen when an ant falls from the Empire State ... by jazoom on Monday May 28, 2018 @05:16PM (#17174894)

I wish our ants were like yours. If I clean up a bunch of them there are likely to be a few that ran onto my hand keep running around my hand. Easiest way is to wash them off. I've never had an ant choose to jump from me.

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