# How Many g's Does my laundry pull during its spin cycle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [August 25, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gs-does-my-laundry-pull-during-its-spin-cycle/125459 "2002-08-25T05:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mastertypo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@Mastertypo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastertypo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gs-does-my-laundry-pull-during-its-spin-cycle/125459/1 "2002-08-25T05:51:54Z")
Speaking of which, my ferret got into the laundry one day and almost died.☹ But luckily, I found it, and he is still with us to this day. (this happened last year\* ---
**Author:** ![Mastertypo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@Mastertypo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastertypo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gs-does-my-laundry-pull-during-its-spin-cycle/125459/2 "2002-08-25T05:53:30Z")
[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mspincycle.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mspincycle.html) ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gs-does-my-laundry-pull-during-its-spin-cycle/125459/3 "2002-08-25T15:30:48Z")
A comment that is also applicable, I think, to the discussion on [why insects (and other small creatures) can survive proportionately large falls, while humans cannot.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=127780) Smaller animals ought to be able to withstand higher g-load accelerations than larger ones. Like your ferret showed.