Surviving a Nuclear Holocaust

We got home from vacation yesterday (more on that later), but I had to document a terrifying experience I had this morning.

I noticed this morning that our hummingbird feeder was almost empty, so I decided to make some fresh food for them (we get TONS of them at our house in the summer). I almost always make their food in the microwave; 1 cup water to 1/4 cup granulated sugar, nuke for 2.5 minutes, stir, nuke for two more minutes.

Well, I had made the mixture, done the first 2.5 minutes, and taken out the measuring cup for the first stir when I discovered it.

A freaking earwig had crawled into our microwave while we were away.

Now, this, in and of itself, is gross enough. But what is truly terrifying to think about is that this thing survived radiation to the boiling point! So I guess that bats and cockroaches can also welcome earwigs to their ranks if total annihilation ever happens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKx3JlTnHbc&ab_channel=ShortyLongstrokin