A man who keeps 1000 spiders in his home says he 'doesn't know what he'd do' without his eight-legged pets. Ian Wileman got his first spider on his 15th birthday, and has been collecting the arachnids for over three decades since, according to the Liverpool Echo.
However, the teacher was left with just 60 of the animals as he struggled to come to terms with the loss of his 'beautiful' wife.
Primary school teacher Michelle Wileman died in March 2016 - just one week after Ian had pleaded her to stay off work when she caught flu.
He said: "When I was really not good, shortly after Michelle died, I actually went in the room and found a couple of them had died because I'd forgot to water them."I was really gutted, because obviously I wasn't in
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