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"A student has revealed his impressive collection of 300 exotic pets. Liam Andrews from Desborough, Northamptonshire started collecting animals at 6 years old when he asked his parents if he could buy a hamster with his pocket money. Since then, the 16-year-old - who studies animal management and welfare - has gone on to collect 300 animals, including eight snakes, five scorpions and 12 tarantulas. Speaking to the Northampton Chronicle &amp;amp; Echo, Andrews said he &amp;quot;much prefers animals to humans&amp;quot;, despite admitting to being bitten and stung more than 200 times. &amp;quot;I have around 60 reptiles and other exotics that sleep in my bedroom with me,&amp;quot; he added. &amp;quot;Luckily, none of them have escaped so far.&amp;quot; However, his collection of pets, which has cost \u00C2\u00A38,500 to look after, has not impressed his mother, who said she &amp;quot;[dreads] what she might find next&amp;quot; in his room. &amp;quot;Liam is totally obsessed with all his animals,&amp;quot; she continued. &amp;quot;I hate spiders and would never hold one, yet he wakes me up to bring me the shed skin of a tarantula at midnight.&amp;quot; Other creatures in the collection include 30 giant African land snails, 100 tropical fish and one tomato frog. Andrews says his favourite animal is his 6ft-long python called Monty, who likes to watch TV and go shopping with him. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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