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...
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