>>Why do you guys
>Could you define "you guys". What group are you putting me in?

by that I meant "non-Brazilians". :)

>>always think that Brazil is a place for pirahnas, monkeys, and that sort of thing???
>These thoughts have not emanated from my mind.

No problem, Gary. Ivan told me on this thread about the whole story. ;)

Don´t get me wrong, Gary... I mentioned that because very often when I talk to foreigners, they always think of Brazil as a big jungle, with monkeys and elephants running through the streets, or they just remember of that dammit Carnival. :)

Then, I´m always trying to tell people that Brazil is not like that (despite of what The Simpsons has shown). ;)