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So, I went to wash my hands in my bathroom and noticed a bitty spider trying unsuccessfully to get out of the slippery-sided sink.

Normally, I'd squish it and wash my hands afterwards, but this time I decided to help it out and set it free on the counter.

After chasing it around a while with my fat fingers, trying not to squish it, I managed to get it to climb on the handle of my toothbrush.
I then put it on the counter figuring it would go hide behind the items there, but no, this little sucker made a mad dash for the edge of the world and just jumped. Didn't even shoot a web out to slow it's descent.

Of course, it survived unharmed and went on it's merry way.

My question is...Why can a bug survive a fall like that (that would surely kill us at an equal height) but are able to be squashed with the least amount of pressure from my finger?

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