Can a rat survive a fall from the Eiffel Tower?

 

A mouse might survive but a rat does not.

Gravity pulls. Air pushes back. The problem is square cube law.

A rat reaches terminal velocity quickly. It is a heavy thing. Thirty miles an hour or so.

Maybe from 50 feet it don't die. Only badly hurt.

Taken from the top of the great tower. Three hundred meters down.

It breaks the bones on impact. A rat is like a human, muscle and bone. The rat is dead.

It doesn't matter what deck it falls from. The speed soon reaches its maximum. Too much.

A mouse is a different story.

Much lighter. Higher surface area relative to mass.

The air acts like thick cushion. An invisible drag like parachute.

Mouse drops down the same iron shaft and hits the pavement. It is stunned. It walks off.

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The bio is a slave to the physics.

A mouse is hopping. A rat breaks. A man is broken. A horse splashes.

Which monument is the second highest point in Paris after the Eiffel Tower?

This eyesore is called the Tour Maine Montparnasse and is about 2/3 as high as the Tour Eiffel.

While all buildings in the center of Paris are limited to six stories, this unassuming slab rises to 59 stories, on land formerly occupied by a train station. How was it possible that an urban planning regulation dating back to Emperor Napoleon III (1852-70) was so completely ignored?

During the time of its construction, 1969-75, Georges Pompidou was the French president. This man believed in modernity; he built the motorway on the right bank of the Seine, the museum that bears his name... and he had foreseen that new, wide roads would bisect Paris to ease car traffic... Fortunately, this project died when he himself passed away unexpectedly.

The modern train station that this tower replaced is the departure point for all trains to Bordeaux, Toulouse, and other destinations. A shopping arcade has been established on the ground floor. High above the clouds, a restaurant/café offers a magnificent view of Paris, including the Eiffel Tower in the distance. It is widely believed that this is the best place to admire Paris! And why? Because it's the only place from which you can see the city without being distracted by the ugly tower itself!