How come ants don't die in a microwave oven when it's cooking something?

Answer 1

They do not have a significant water, fat or sugars content for dielectric heating. Fat, water, fat, and sugar ( electric dipoles, like in two poles pos and neg ) absorb energy from the microwave and therefore rotate as they try to align themselves with the alternating electric field that is expossed to by the microwave beam. this molecular motion creates heat as the rotating molecules hit each other.

Answer 2

The wavelength of microwave radiation used in a microwave oven is chosen to excite water molecules. Ants must not have much water in them, or they would cook. But without water they are more like a toothpick, or plastic, or something dry in the oven that doesn't cook.

An interesting experiment would be to give some ants access to water, and keep some control ants elsewhere. Then try to microwave the 'wetter' ants to see if they smoke.

Answer 3

i dont know the answer to your question, its really weird. but please dont cook something when there are ants in there, they mightbe suffering from that.

Answer 4

ewww

Answer 5

That's just wrong.

Answer 6

They do.