Thursday, 14 February 2019

forces - How can an an ant lift 50 times its own weight and pull 30 times its weight?


According to many sites like this one, an ant can apparently lift 50 times its own weight and pull 30 times its weight. Is it true?



Can it be proved using physics? Though most sites agree that an ant can lift many times its own weight, not all agree with exactly how many times its weight. The explanations provided if any are usually vague and do not use specific numbers. Can a specific numerical value be calculated?


Secondly, how is it possible for the ant to pull 30 times its weight? I find it unbelievable. Can anyone explain this?




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