2006-12-29 00:13:38 · 4 answers · asked by Echo 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Answer the question silverbitch or silverbirch, or whatever your name is
2006-12-29 00:21:48 · update #1
Thanks, IDTS.
BTW, I don't delibrately put ants in the microwave! They get in all by themselves (maybe for some food spatter ;-)
2006-12-29 02:08:59 · update #2
Very good question!
Microwaves used in microwave ovens have a wavelength of about 4.5 inches. Ants are so much smaller than this that they don't absorb microwaves very efficiently by themselves. The same would be true of bacteria. Microwaves don't directly sterilize things.
However...if the ants or the bacteria happen to be on some food you are cooking, and you got the food hot enough, the high temperature of the food would kill them.
Note that simply reheating food might not be hot enough. It would probably have to be hot enough to cook the food.
So stop putting ants in the Microwave! :)
2006-12-29 00:25:52 · answer #1 · answered by I don't think so 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You microwave ants for a hobby?
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I don't know, maybe something to do with water content. Why do you puts ants in a microwave?
2006-12-29 08:16:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Cockroaches don't fry either.
2006-12-29 08:21:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they arent dead?
lol why did u even try it? :P
2006-12-29 08:22:51 · answer #4 · answered by Boo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋