by Preston on October 8th, 2008, 8:48 pm
A while ago, Steve briefly mentioned cockroaches, which reminded me of something which baffles me about roaches. At one time, somebody had told me that a roach can survive being cooked in a Microwave. Since I was skeptical, he told me to actually try it. So having a microwave oven at that time, I tried it. Caught a live roach, and cooked it in the micro. And, yes, it survived!
Trying to be scientific, I then made a Comparison test. In other words, I tried putting something Else in the micro. This time, a lizard. Exposed to the microwaves, the lizard died in less than 2 seconds.
So what makes the roach Invulnerable to microwaves? Researching on the internet did Not help much, if at all. For example, one answer I found on-line is that in order for the roach to be killed,it has to be exposed evenly, which the answer-person tried to substantiate by pointing out that the oven has a carousel which revolves to provide exposure evenly. But that answer, as logical as it sounds, still does Not provide any answer. Why? Well,because, remember, I put a lizard in there too, and it got killed right away. Both the lizard and roach scurried all around the inside of the oven and so both got the same kind of exposure.
So how is it that only the cockroach can survive microwave exposure?