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From: jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Bugs are microwave-proof
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Date: 12 Jul 90 16:16:37 GMT
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zador-anthony@CS.YALE.EDU (tony zador) wrote:
> 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 boiled vigorously...

Someone once told me about a follicle mite that got dunked in
glutaraldehyde, sprayed with gold in a vacuum, cooled with
liquid nitrogen and put in an electron microscope.  The electron
beam warmed it up and got it crawling around.

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