Anita Davis, a family law solicitor at Manchester law firm Glaisyers, has uncovered some of the strangest reasons for divorce in the UK.

'These are all genuine cases, and on the surface, fairly humorous. It does however, raise the serious point of the wide range of behaviours that people find unreasonable and can be classed as grounds for divorce,' she says.

So what are some of the weird things that have caused folks to split? Read on and be surprised...

1. Cuddling with pythons A woman divorced her husband because he slept with two snakes for a month, for charity 2. Insane about Sellotape A housewife divorced her husband because he made irritating noises with Sellotape 3. A bit late for cold feet... A man divorced his wife because five minutes after they wed she vanished after telling him she was going to phone her dad 4. Get off me! A wife divorced her husband because he'd sneaked into bed for sex during her treatment in hospital for sexual exhaustion 5. He's an animal! Another divorced her husband for squatting and grunting while wearing a therapeutic gorilla costume at home 6. Pop star intrusion A chap divorced his wife because she had 'Robbie Williams' tattooed on both ankles 7. Underwear tussles A housewife divorced her hubbie because he wouldn't let her buy her own underwear 8. Whistling weirdo A woman divorced because her husband whistled from 6pm to 10pm, stopping only to have a drink 9. A warm dog A man divorced his wife because she used their Pekingese dog as a hot water bottle

2. Insane about Sellotape A housewife divorced her husband because he made irritating noises with Sellotape

2. Insane about Sellotape A housewife divorced her husband because he made irritating noises with Sellotape