Rounding up it’s fleas. 
And the popular marking spot for all 
. Every one of them that comes by stops to pee on the stump.
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Funny facts about fleas.
Their eggs are immune to fogging and other pesticides commonly used. I’m not sure even pro stuff fazes 'em. The eggs are dormant but quickly activate when something warm blooded walks by. I’m not sure they hatch and jump on your bare legs simultaneously but it sure seems like it.
(Feel free to correct me though I have empirical evidence so make it good. 
)
The eggs are probably called ‘nits’ though I’m not sure about that but in that case they would be
‘fleanits’
somewhat akin to the underwater vessel ‘nimitz’
and I don’t know from Navy so cut me some slack. 
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Pretty close! If you would have used the word cocoon instead of egg, you would be right on all counts.
Much of the above doesn’t apply to flea eggs, which actually develop fairly normally and will hatch even without an appropriate host nearby. Then when they get closer to adult age They spin a cocoon and will lay dormant for weeks or months until an animal host comes close with heat, vibration, and or CO2 to trigger them, and then they will hatch out of the cocoon and nearly instantly jump on the host. The cocoon also has a protective armor around it that often protects it from a lot of pesticides, and since it can lay dormant for so long, it can usually Outlast the deadly chemicals that touch it and might otherwise kill it.
In addition to the above, the eggs and cocoons also seem immune to a lot of pesticides because they are often hidden in places that the pesticides can’t touch such as buried under carpet fibers, or inside furniture, crevices and seams, or in cracks out of the way and all sorts of things. Pesticides will often kill the eggs if it can touch them, but the cocoons do have some armor to protect them from them, and both are often fairly hidden.
But you get a pretty solid pass because in some ways a cocoon is very much like an egg. So overall you were right.
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Nimitz was an Admiral and an Aircraft Carrier . Good old Chester.
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What’s the most name-famous nuclear sub called?
Thanks! I’m practicing not looking things up. I’m a rebel.
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Probably USS Nautilus (SSN 571) first Nuke sub.
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I’m gonna say @carverofchoice didn’t know that without looking it up.
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I knew the name but not the hull number (571) . I get 1/2 credit.
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Charles Schulz toyed with a spin-off called ‘Fleanits’ where Snoopy and Fritz shared a crash pad in the 70s.
Fritz’ creator was Ralph Bakshi, I think.
@Crease and/or @p2788deal and/or @StevenA and/or @habib knew this I’ll bet. 
How did crewmen of the same rank ‘mark their territory’ onboard, like in common quarters and stuff, I guess?
or Locks and Socks and or a sock party. Sock Party = a new bar of soap in a sock, better to hit someone with than a fist, no finger damage to the attacker.
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So, it’s like, ouch that hurt, and then you’d give the socker(s) wide berth. Concrete. Memorable.
Was …
…a good slice of Navy life?
The inquisitor rests.
That was a great movie.
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Here is bringing fleas to my side of the street.
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I was aware of that. The Schulz thing not so much. Me think 
make joke.
That was the first real submarine name that occurred to me and also the name of the fictional vessel from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). Красный Октябрь also crossed my mind.
I agree. Randy Quaid was a surprisingly good dramatic actor in that, I thought.
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I like “Peanuts”, but I wasn’t aware that Schulz had a follow-on series after that.
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Probably apocryphal.
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I blame all of the 
(s) for bringing the fleas to Weeds & Waters and distributing them to all the other poor critters. 