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DO NOT EVER PUT
A LIVING ANIMAL IN A MICROWAVE OVEN!!
Urban legend #1 about microwave ovens: that you can dry off a wet cat
by putting it inside. Absolutely not! While microwaves heat
up water and will cause it to boil, they will also severly burn the
cat. There is a reason that the FDA mandates that the microwave
radiation escaping from a microwave oven be at a very low level!
Remember that microwaves can penetrate fat and liquids-they can
penetrate the skin of the cat and will cause the tissue underneath to
heat up and burn. Incidently, the exact same thing can happen to
humans-operating a microwave that is dysfunctional and leaking
microwaves can burn you!
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Cats
in a Microwave Oven?