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Anonymous
The bear fell out of the tree 'cause they shot a tranq dart in 'im, hoping to catch him in the trampoline. He wasn't badly hurt by the fall because he was almost unconscious by that point, and was therefore totally limp when he hit. While a mammals' first gut reaction to an impending impact is to tense up your muscles and protect its face, that's actually only effective for smaller impacts. Versus something big (like the ground) you want to be completely relaxed to absorb the impact simultaneously throughout your entire body.
I've read it posited that this is why drunk drivers tend to walk away from a depressing number of accidents they themselves have caused: they're too plastered to react in time, which works in their favor.
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