Unlike popular belief, pirates were too practical to carry pets. The famous Hollywood pirate peg leg is also a practical substitute for an injured pirate. For lack of doctors onboard a pirate vessel, the cook would amputate the leg and if the person survived the bleeding, it would be replaced with whatever was present. A wooden peg would seem like something readily available; though nothing as dramatic as the “long john silver”. Similarly the hooks for amputated hands came about.

Piracy against transport vessels remains a significant issue in the waters between the pacific and Indian ocean. Also, the Strait of Malacca and Singapore which is used by over 50,000 ships every year. We still hear of pirates and their escapades and will continue doing so for some more years; providing us authenticity for some of Hollywood‘s most celebrated movies.

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