Student finds tarantula in toilet

A student in Manchester had the fright of his life when he found a tarantula in his toilet.

Caius Tabberer - a student at the University of Manchester - got the shock of his life when he went to the bathroom in his halls of residence and found the hairy spider trying to crawl inside his toilet.

The 19-year-old told student newspaper The Tab: "I needed the toilet so I walked into the bathroom and saw a tarantula.

"It was crawling, trying to get under the loo.

"It wasn't really expected.

"I was scared - I think anyone who saw a spider of that size would be freaked out."

Caius and his flat mates then called campus security, who dealt with the situation.

The History of Art student said: "We decided to call campus security and one of the guys said he'd looked after spiders before.

"He told us to go and get a damp sponge to rehydrate the tarantula.

"Then he put it in a Tupperware."

After a video of the incident was posted on Facebook, another University of Manchester student - named Georgia - got in touch to claim the spider was hers, and it had escaped whilst she was back at home for the Christmas holidays.

Georgia said: "This is my spider - I'm back in Belfast."

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