QUIRKY WORLD ... Man has a hairy moment with unwanted Brazilian

Britain: A man who opened a parcel addressed to his new home was horrified to discover a large and potentially aggressive tarantula inside.

The householder received the Brazilian Salmon Pink Birdeater — the third largest spider in the world— in a Return To Sender package intended for the previous owner of his property in Bristol.

Dates on the parcel showed it had been unopened for about three weeks and the tissue bedding in the tarantula’s container had gone mouldy.