NOVA Online | The Wilds of Madagascar
Madagascar's dearth of large creatures that can hurt you lulls you into forgetting about little creatures that can hurt you, like this deadly poisonous spider from the Ankarana caves. A Forest Full of Frights
by Peter Tyson One of the many extraordinary facts about Madagascar is that it bears virtually no dangerous animals. Save for the Nile crocodile (see Close Calls with Crocs), all of Africa's big beasts are missing, because Madagascar drifted out of range of the continent that gave it birth long before rhinos and lions and pythons and apes evolved.
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