Microwave

This is a list of things slugs have tried microwaving, with varying degrees of damage to themselves and the microwave.

• Computer parts - lots of sparks and even more toxic smoke. Sometimes the plastic connectors would catch on fire.

• Mesh wire - Arcs between the wire and the bottom of the microwave. Once it even welded itself onto the microwave.

• Fire - Makes periodic fireballs. Cocoa stirrers are good for small demonstrations; a paper towel soaked in alcohol is good if you want to fill the entire microwave with fire. This is the best demonstration.

• Metallic bag - Sparks and shrinks.

• Capacitors - They spark and explode. For best results, the leads should not be shorted. Do not open the microwave door until all have exploded or a sufficient time has passed with the microwave off.

• CD - sparks, not very impressive.

• Red hot glass or rock - The entire thing should melt becuase molten glass has free ions which make it susceptible to the eddy currents induced by the microwaves. We couldn't get it to work.