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Soldiers in the trenches during World War I faced significant infestations of lice and rats, which posed serious health risks. To combat lice, they often used their uniforms to carefully remove the pests and sometimes boiled their clothing to kill the eggs. Rats, which thrived on the food scraps and waste, were often hunted for sport or to control their population. Additionally, soldiers would set traps and use whatever means available to reduce the rat infestation in their living conditions.
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What are trenches in the war?
Trenches were long, narrow holes in the ground used to shelter soldiers in between the battles. These trenches were full of lice, rats and mud.
What animals and bugs infested the trenches?
lice and rats
What pests did the soldiers encounter in the trenches?
Soldiers in the trenches during World War I faced numerous pests, including lice, rats, and flies. Lice thrived in the unsanitary conditions, causing discomfort and spreading disease, while rats were attracted to the food supplies and the remains of fallen soldiers. Flies proliferated in the damp environment, contributing to the unhygienic conditions. These pests not only caused physical irritation but also posed significant health risks to the soldiers.
What problems men faced whilst in trenches World War 1?
There were usually rats and lice in the trenches.
What was life like for soldiers who were fighting in trenches?
Very bad There was a lot of mud Toxic gases Smells like rats lice everywhere dead bodies on the floor
What Creatures that filled in the trenches better than the soldiers in WW1?
Rats.
Rats in the trenches?
Rats are Vermin creatures, who feed of the dead bodies of people who have died in war. Dead bodies in the trenches had to be taken far away to stop the rats coming to the trenches. All the soldiers hated the rats and used to beat them with spades for entertainment.
What are facts about life in the trenches?
it was hard, there was some good points about the trenches, they provided shelter. 1. MUD & RAIN 2. RATS 3. SHELLS 4. NO SANITATION 5. A SMALL SPACE YOU HAD TO SHARE WITH TENS OF PEOPLE
Where did lice come from in the trenches of World War 1?
Humans carry two types of lice. The lice normally found in the trenches would be taken there by soldiers with bad cleanliness habits and spread among the others in close proximity.
World war 1 two living things other than soldiers that lived in the trenches?
Lice lived on the humans and damned big well fed rats lived on the humans both dead and alive .
What problems did soldiers face in ww1?
Rats and Lice, Trench foot and shell shock
How was life on the trenches during WW1?
There were rats, one could get trench-foot (from the moisture), you could be buried alive in an explosion, and many contracted lice (from rats) as well.
