What every sailor should know

This could be the guide for Canadian exterminators .....or at least some of it tought in schools as part of Home economics or what ever it was called
 
Good advice. Insect borne diseases can disable a ship's crew, and therefore the ship. I hate cockroaches; they're the most survivable and persistent pests around. When I lived in Florida we called them the state bird. Periodically people would move into a motel for several days and then have the pest control people "tent" and fumigate the house.:sok2
 
Do the German varieties carry a K98?... ;)

I was offended, ze are not German. :) Ladies in Cuba told me about finding one in their hotel room, dealt with it appropriately. Wondered afterwards if it might have been one of those little yellow scorpions, instead ?

Grizz
 
Most pests come aboard with ration boxes.

Long distance sailors used to open boxes on the dock and then put the items on the boat.
 
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