LORD OF THE RINGS - MONAGHAN MISSES HIS CREEPY PETS

LORD OF THE RINGS star DOMINIC MONAGHAN's new TV success in America is causing him much heartache - because he's missing his creepy pets.

The British actor is filming hit drama LOST on Hawaii, in which he plays a heroin addict, which meant leaving his pets, cockroaches, a black widow spider and a snake behind.

He explains, "I had to leave them with my friend and the cockroaches unfortunately died.

"You can't bring snakes into Hawaii - nothing without feet in Hawaii... There's no snakes."

But Monaghan has found new pets on the island: "In Hawaii, I have chameleons."