In addition to what others here have said, it is also the cause of scaling fall damage.

An ant falles down a mine shaft and doesn't even notice.

A mouse bounces and runs off.

A person breaks.

A horse splashes.

Surface area decreases max fall speed. Mass increases max speed. Mass times speed indicated how much force something feels at the end of the fall. The issue is, surface area scales as a square, Mass as a cube, and thus the bigger something has the less drag it has and the more energy it absorbs as it lands, getting hit coming and going.