View Full Version : Will it kill an ant?
Northy
18-10-2007, 08:49 AM
Is it possible to kill an ant by dropping it from a great height? :confused::confused:
Wraggy
18-10-2007, 09:00 AM
Someone's bored !!!! :eh?:
Southwell
18-10-2007, 09:04 AM
Dunno, but i wish to god that spider that crawled on the sofa last night was dead before it came in my house. Bloody thing was like a mini tarantula.
VintageRacer
18-10-2007, 09:06 AM
Is it possible to kill an ant by dropping it from a great height? :confused::confused:
Doubt it, their terminal velocity would be too low I expect (besides that, some of them can fly).
RLGfx
18-10-2007, 09:16 AM
depnds what you drop it into...
super__dan
18-10-2007, 09:34 AM
I think it would in a vacuum ;)
RLGfx
18-10-2007, 09:36 AM
dropped in to a vacuum cleaner? now that's just mean...
they could build a colony in the dust of the vacum bag, unless you got one of them compacting ones.....
I know they don't survive a brake cleaner induced nest inferno..... but they don't come out on fire....
Maybe you should do an experiment of girly Ians spider too....
Southwell
18-10-2007, 10:13 AM
Maybe you should do an experiment of girly Ians spider too....
No can, its like a pancake now :D
you didn't scream like a girly and hit it with your slipper did you..... spiders are ace.... it is spiders web I can't stand....
Southwell
18-10-2007, 10:27 AM
No lol, it did make me jump though as i emersed in a game of mario on the Wii. Then i hit it with the mrs's year book that was lying around :D
heehee, so a rather flat, large spider now is impailed on the mrs year book, lovely.... roflol
VintageRacer
18-10-2007, 01:29 PM
I think it would in a vacuum ;)
You'd have problems stopping it exploding first though.
Northy
18-10-2007, 04:16 PM
I don't think any of you are taking this seriously :mad:
RLGfx
18-10-2007, 04:22 PM
Does the ant have a parachute?
Kopite
18-10-2007, 05:05 PM
No, but it has a jet pack, like in Robocop 3
antnee
18-10-2007, 06:41 PM
well a six legged ant as in an insect, or a human 'ant' like me?
Believe me, an ant cannot be killed by falling, from any height.
The force of impact required to invalidate the life force of such a small and indestructible life form cannot be produced from any combination of the laws formulated by the main man, Mr Newton.
E = 1/2 M x V x V
F = M x A
E = M x C x C (Mr Einstein's)
telboy
18-10-2007, 08:29 PM
NO.
There you go. well the ones that I brushed off my wheelie bin didn't die.....not until I walked on them that is.:D
c0sie
19-10-2007, 12:00 AM
Do we know what the weight of the ant is?
RLGfx
19-10-2007, 01:46 PM
what sort of ant are we discussing?
WHITTLER555
19-10-2007, 01:49 PM
If you dropped Adam Ant from a great height, he would DIE!
Showing my age.........sorry.
c0sie
19-10-2007, 01:54 PM
If you dropped Adam Ant from a great height, he would DIE!
Showing my age.........sorry.
Ahh..see..we all thought it was refering to the creature ant thing..never thought a person called ant.
That changes everything.
If you dropped Ant from Ant & Dec...would Dec follow? :confused::eh?:
RLGfx
19-10-2007, 02:33 PM
If you dropped Ant from Ant & Dec...would Dec follow? :confused::eh?:
We could only hope so.... someone please please try it!
Northy
19-10-2007, 03:09 PM
Dec from Ant and Dec fame has been in our building today at work, he wants some fancy home control system :D
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Kopite
19-10-2007, 03:14 PM
did you bitch slap him?
telboy
19-10-2007, 06:15 PM
wots up, can't he control his own home?:D
Jonny_H
23-10-2007, 11:55 AM
I once heard that, due to scale effects, anything the size of a mouse or smaller cannot be killed by dropping it! Apparently a mouse would be stunned for a bit; as things get smaller, they get more indestructible (kind of like the way you can cartwheel a 1/10th buggy and drive away, whereas a 1:1 car would be a crumpled mess).
It was also said that, conversely, a cow or horse would splash if allowed to reach terminal velocity before impact...
VintageRacer
23-10-2007, 03:03 PM
I once heard that, due to scale effects, anything the size of a mouse or smaller cannot be killed by dropping it!
The Losi MicroT is about the size of a mouse and that is virtually indestructible from what I've seen.
We could only hope so.... someone please please try it!
National heroes are Ant and Dec!!
Me - "In England, I speak like a Geordie..."
Child - "What's that? No entiendo Tia"
Me - "Well... you know Ant and Dec?"
Child - "Ah yes, they talk strangely!"
Says it all really.
If, while on the moon, you dropped Adam Ant, a feather and a lead fishing weight from a height of 12 feet 7 inches, what order would they hit the ground?
Depends what type of cheese its made out of, and whether its day or night (as this would effect the density of said cheese...)
ashleyb4
23-10-2007, 11:00 PM
wow stu you have a polo oh you gotta get some pics up of that
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wow stu you have a polo .......
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It's a very special car, it has a 'one-off' front end on it that has been carefully crafted over a period of about 5 years.
WHITTLER555
24-10-2007, 04:56 PM
Yeah its F***ed
Northy
24-10-2007, 05:48 PM
Yeah its F***ed
Damo, your confusing the extra air intakes (possibly for the intercooler) with rust holes again....... :rolleyes:
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Northy
24-10-2007, 05:50 PM
Actually, back on topic, I think Rotheram tested the ant thing out the other day and is possibly writting the conclusion to his report right now.....
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PaulRotheram
24-10-2007, 09:10 PM
ah, indeed mr north..
An ant was seen jumping off the first floor at the building site, and close analysis and slow mo's have confirmed he is still alive. Therefore it will not kill an ant. :)
RLGfx
25-10-2007, 07:42 AM
try it sellotaped to a brick.... methinks we would have a different outcome...
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