When they jump, fleas can accelerate faster than space shuttles (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

A space shuttles acceleration maxes out at 5 g (one g being 9.8 m/s^2). A flea can peak at 100 g. This means fleas can accelerate about 20x more quickly than a space shuttle

 

[Ahsoka]

General facts:
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[Ahsoka]

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[Moguri]

how are those tiny beasts not crushed by gravity

 

[Ahsoka]

how are those tiny beasts not crushed by gravity

They have strong exoskeletons. It’s part of the reason why you can’t just press on a flea/pinch it with your fingers and kill it

 

[Moguri]

They have strong exoskeletons. It’s part of the reason why you can’t just press on a flea/pinch it with your fingers and kill it

I did not know that... Moguri never tried crushing one

 

[dark_tranquility]

I have heard of this somewhere before
always amazes me