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Explain why it is possible for a small animal to fall from a considerable height without any injuries being caused when it reaches the ground.

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This is because a small animal has small mass, so the momentum produced is less. When the small animal falls to the ground with less momentum, less opposing force of ground (less force of reaction) acts on the small injury is caused
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