The Briton started home 300 tarantulas on the advice of a psychotherapist.

Aaron Phoenix from Bristol has 300 tarantulas in his home after being encouraged by a therapist to take up a hobby to better deal with his bipolar disorder. Phoenix decided that collecting spiders would be great for him. He gets new pets in the mail every week. Delivery couriers have already nicknamed 35-year-old Aaron Spiderman. The pride of the Phoenix collection is a female Mexican fire-knee tarantula. It cost Aaron £160. The spider, along with her brothers, occupies all the free space in the master's bedroom.