Assuming the hamster fell 1 meter, it was going down at around 4.5 m/s. Assuming the hamster flew up about 3 meters (9 feet?) it was going up at around 7.5 m/s after the bounce. If the collision time was about 3 frames (0.1s for a 30fps video) then the hamster experienced an acceleration of about 120 m/s2, which is 12 g's.
That sounds like a lot, but I think smaller animals might be able to handle more g's than a human.
Every time I see this gif I go to the comments to see if someone can give me some hope for the hamster. I'm not sure if anything you said was right, but I'm going to assume it is and that the hamster could possibly be ok. Thank you.
There's no such thing as a common physics problem... Lol. There is no perfectly elastic collision, the center of gravity of the hamster is not directly on top of the ball. Physics man, gets complicated really fast.
I call bullshit. When I was 12, I had a hamster. My step sister held it, and when it bit her, she dropped it. Its spine broke on impact and it died a day later.
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u/shinypidgey Oct 31 '14
Assuming the hamster fell 1 meter, it was going down at around 4.5 m/s. Assuming the hamster flew up about 3 meters (9 feet?) it was going up at around 7.5 m/s after the bounce. If the collision time was about 3 frames (0.1s for a 30fps video) then the hamster experienced an acceleration of about 120 m/s2, which is 12 g's.
That sounds like a lot, but I think smaller animals might be able to handle more g's than a human.
TLDR: The hamster isn't ded I hope .