# if a roach can survive...

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 19, 2001, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-roach-can-survive/50841 "2001-01-19T09:48:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![RAWisSYDNEY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@RAWisSYDNEY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWisSYDNEY)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-roach-can-survive/50841/1 "2001-01-19T09:48:57Z")

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If a roach can survive in a microwave 10 minutes on high (according to PMH) why cant it survive my bug spray??

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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-roach-can-survive/50841/2 "2001-01-19T09:56:26Z")

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I read something about that roach in the microwave thing, apparently there are ‘cold spots’ in a microwave where there are hardly any microwaves hitting. Microwaves heat water, roaches are mostly water, if the roach was actually getting heated it would be dead very quick.