From What I Have Since Learned Mice (not Rats) Are Able To Fall Around 10-12 Feet (3-3.5 Meters). - Blog Posts

WHAT DO U MEAN A MOUSE CAN SURVIVE FALLING OFF A SKYSCRAPER

haha, yeah! surprise?

pretty much every mammal from about squirrel-sized and down has a terminal velocity so low that they can fall literally any distance and not take lethal damage, provided that they don't land on something sharp.

hence their willingness to just wildly yeet themselves off of things as a valid escape tactic.

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