Location: Originally from Madeira and the Canary Islands, but can now be found in Europe, North Africa, West Asia, South America and the U.S. What Makes This Scary Spider So Dangerous The noble ...

I don't know if I believe that, because there aren't that many really dangerous spiders in Africa, which presumably is where we all came from. Q: Why do spiders show up in so many horror movies?

Photo: TNS A poisonous spider, once confined to Africa, is slowly spreading around the globe. And it has found its way to Malaysian shores.