He noted that he learned games like Capture the Flag from other children.

But back in Brazil, some flag makers will hear the noise and not be buying all the hype. For them, they see a totally different side of it all.

In the last 20 years I have published a few books, but I have lived in anonymity until February of 2006, when I carried the Olympic flag in the Winter Olympics in Italy. That made me a celebrity.

Three big cats were captured by photographers as they chase after a chunk of meat underwater at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Zoo, near San Francisco.

However, when cornered, these snakes will raise their heads, sometimes with a third of their body off the ground, spread their cobra-like neck-flap, open their black mouths and hiss.