Thanks, Fernando, for your colourful stories about the bicho do pe.
However, I cannot resist to comment on a sentence you dropped by the 
way:
> (...) and that all around are dreadfull man-eating plants. Well, at
> least the people in this group know that there are no man-eating plants,
> though we all wish they did exist!! 8*)
The fact that no precise report on this most fascinating creature 
exists does prove that the trapping mechanism must be rather 
elaborate and effective. But as yet no proof can be presented that 
the mep does *not* exist!
;-)
Kind regards
Jan