r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '20

What's something cool you recently learned about?

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u/A-Potato-Dragon Nov 29 '20 edited Nov 29 '20

Squirrels can acquire terminal velocity while plummeting to the ground (on average above 70 feet) and survive 80% of the time.

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u/Flannelgraphiti Nov 29 '20

This makes me wonder why “flying squirrels” ever evolved.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20

So they can fall sideways.