How come a fly survives being microwaved ?

Question

How come a fly survives being microwaved ?

Answer 1

I fancy giving it a go :)

Answer 2

Dad? :-S

Answer 3

Sis ALS! If you must steal then you can't do it directly under the person's nose and wave it in front of him like that! (grin)

It is a good explanation though.  I would have thought that a fly would explode.

Ever put a light bulb in a Microwave...it DOES light up..but I do understand why

MJ smokes?

Answer 4

OK, so what happens if you stick the fly to the rotating plate?

Answer 5

A microwave oven emits evenly spaced, waves of energy called "standing waves" that are focused on the plate inside your microwave. Only some parts of the plate are exposed to these waves so the inside of the oven is not completely exposed to the waves. This is the reason why the plate was designed to rotate and expose the food to these waves. Inside a microwave oven, the air in the oven is at room

temperature. Air doesn't absorb the emitted waves of energy well, so the air in a microwave oven doesn't get hot. Heat is produced due to "molecular friction" when the atoms of the food are excited and "twisted back and forth". Microwaves don't remain still in objects and pass through most matter except metal.

Given the size of the fly and the space inside the oven, there is still plenty of space where it can move safely. Even if it gets hit by some of the emitted standing waves, its small surface area means very little energy is absorbed to produce heat. For as long as it keeps on moving and/or not remain in a place where it will be constantly and

repetitively bombarded by the emitted energy, it will not be "cooked" inside and it will survive. The situation is similar to moving your finger through a flame. Keep it moving and very little heat is absorbed. Hold it in the flame and your finger will get burned.

Answer 6

I have got to try that.

Answer 7

Emjay...is this your pa above me here? above the other MJ

Lol, Cakes, what was a fly doing in your microwave? Haha, switch it on again but let it go for longer.

Answer 8

I am going to report you to the RSPCA.lol.

Answer 9

wow i suppose the microwaves bounce off the fly but i think the flys here in the uk wouldn't stand a chance,you must come from some hot far away land and the flys have evolved not to get cooked by the suns heat and microwave cooking!

Answer 10

What kind of blerrie goggas do you have in Germany that can survive microwaving? Scary...do they glow in the dark after? Anyway, throw away your microwave, they can cause cancers.

Answer 11

I've never tried it, but remember that disgusting movie The Fly.......

Answer 12

hahahahahaha, this guy said he stole it from google answers, so i decided to steal from him too. So here you go cakes, lol

A microwave oven emits evenly spaced, waves of energy called "standing waves" that are focused on the plate inside your microwave. Only some parts of the plate are exposed to these waves so the inside of the oven is not completely exposed to the waves. This is the reason why the plate was designed to rotate and expose the food to these waves. Inside a microwave oven, the air in the oven is at room

temperature. Air doesn't absorb the emitted waves of energy well, so the air in a microwave oven doesn't get hot. Heat is produced due to "molecular friction" when the atoms of the food are excited and "twisted back and forth". Microwaves don't remain still in objects and pass through most matter except metal.

Given the size of the fly and the space inside the oven, there is still plenty of space where it can move safely. Even if it gets hit by some of the emitted standing waves, its small surface area means very little energy is absorbed to produce heat. For as long as it keeps on moving and/or not remain in a place where it will be constantly and

repetitively bombarded by the emitted energy, it will not be "cooked" inside and it will survive. The situation is similar to moving your finger through a flame. Keep it moving and very little heat is absorbed. Hold it in the flame and your finger will get burned.

Answer 13

CANCER you sit up there and talk about cancer, the way you smoke a microwave is the least of your problems my boy.