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From: frist@ccu.umanitoba.ca
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Bugs are microwave-proof
Message-ID: <1990Jul11.141247.9783@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 11 Jul 90 14:12:47 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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In a recent posting to Sci.bio you write:

>From: zador-anthony@CS.YALE.EDU (tony zador)
>Subject: Bugs are microwave-proof
>Date: 11 Jul 90 03:04:30 GMT
>Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept, New Haven CT  06520-2158

>I recently had the unfortunate experience of discovering an
>earwig (a revolting beetle-like creature with pincers on its back
>end) crawling under the rotating tray of my microwave. I watched
>it continue to crawl happily, even as my oatmeal bioled vigorously
>(needless to say, i lost my appetite and went out for dinner).
>
>I removed the oatmeal and blasted the bug at high for a while longer.
>It didnt seem at all bothered. I finally disposed of it by hand.
>
>So the question is, Why are bugs microwave-proof?
>
>Tony Zador

In the manual for my Litton microwave, they state that microwaves don't
reach the flooor of the oven, and advise having food raised up (eg. on the
rack provided, or in your case, the carousel) in order to cook. They even
go so far as to say that food may be cooked in a shallow foil pie pan, but
I haven't had the nerve to try this myself. 

Anyway, the answer is: bugs are NOT microwave-proof.

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