THEY HELP ME KEEP CALM
Dec 23, 2021
4 minutes
BY JOHANÉ SCOTT
PICTURES:
SHARON SERETLO
‘SOME PEOPLE LIKE DOGS AND SOME PEOPLE LIKE CATS. I LIKE TARANTULAS’
WHEN he’s feeling stressed he kicks back, puts on some Eminem and spends time chilling with his pets. Nothing unusual about that, you may think – except his pets aren’t cute cats, doting dogs or chubby-cheeked hamsters. They’re tarantulas – and they’ve well and truly woven Justin Rabie’s heart into their web.
The 26-year-old from Vanderbijlpark in Gauteng has 30 of the spiders at his home and the creepy-crawly collection brings him nothing but joy.
“Filling their water bowls, feeding them or drawing them
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