Fire ants are the geeks of the insect world. They seek out technology, particularly electric gadgets. And they have super powers, such as the ability to survive being cooked in a microwave oven. Don't believe me? Watch this clip from the BBC program Supernatural – The Unseen Power of Animals. -via Everlasting Blort
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It's not that they don't get "hit", it's that anything under 1/4 wavelength (IIR) doesn't absorb any energy. Antenna theory.
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Microwaves are about a half an inch long. Something as wide as an ant has a vanishingly small chance of being hit by one.
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