A two year-old octopus "Paul", the so-called "octopus oracle" predicts Germany's victory in their World Cup last 16 clash against England by choosing a mussel, from a glass box with the German flag instead of a glass box with the England flag, at the Sea Life Aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen.
Photograph by: WOLFGANG RATTAY
Credit: Reuters
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Psychic octopus picks Germany over Argentina
Jun 29, 2010 2:15 PM | By Sapa-dpa
German football fans have another reason to hope ahead of their team's World Cup quarter-final showdown with Argentina as Paul the octopus has tipped Germany to win.
"Extremely tight - but luckily a win for Germany in the end," said those in charge of the octopus tank at Aquarium Sea Life in Oberhausen.
The handlers of the psychic octopus baited glass cubes with mussels marked with both Germany and Argentina. The mussel Paul first chooses is viewed by the handlers as its prediction for the up-coming game.
Paul headed directly to the German side but waited a long before finally grabbing at it - more than an hour later.
For those sceptical of Paul's accuracy, he has been right four out of four times so far, picking Germany to beat Australia, Ghana and England as well as Germany's loss to Serbia.
source taken from: http://www.timeslive.co.za/
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THe Octopus Paul, I think it was de most famous little animal during the 2010 of the whole world!!!
I remember that by that time I was visiting Argentina, and there was a match of golf in buenos aires, and everyone was talking about waht the octopus Paul would say... it was so funny! I couldn't bealived that they were talking about it!!!
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