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Yes. Though for the mosquito it doesn't matter: transferring momentum doesn't damage you.

An interesting human scale contrast is the following:

You have (a) a heavy metal box or (b) a light wooden box and you throw (1) a bouncy rubber ball or (2) an equally heavy piece of clay at it. What happens in all four combinations?

One observation: the rubber ball transfers more momentum, but almost no energy.

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