For many centuries, the people of the Amazon Basin have told stories about the Some say the curious is boy. say it is a girl. everyone agrees that it is small, and it has wild red hair and big pointed ears. curupira has very special feet; its feet point backwards! Many people in Brazil believe the curupira looks after all the plants and animals in the forest A can kill enough to feed his family, but no more. That is the curupiras rule.