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THEY HELP ME KEEP CALM

‘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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