

I would think yes as any animal that scavenges would have a higher rabies infection chance. Wasn’t absolutely sure so I found some sources.
https://www.treehugger.com/which-wild-animals-carry-rabies-which-ones-arent-4863410
https://enviroliteracy.org/which-animal-carries-the-rabies-virus/
Not just for the pirate though. If you share any files between nix and win OS’s. I wouldn’t want to share any computer std with those I care for, friend, family or business.
There are also cool tools like
chkrootkit
andrkhunter
that might come in handy.