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.