‘Psychic’ octopus predicts Germany victory over England
With the German vacation season soon to start the Oberhausen Sea Life Aquarium is trying to drum up visitors.
They have discovered that their octopus, named Paul, is psychic and has a special interest in football.
An octopus in a German aquarium who is said to be psychic has predicted the country’s football team will knock England out of the World Cup. When consulted, Paul the octopus chose a mussel from a jar with the German flag on it ahead of one in a similar jar bearing the cross of St George. The two-year-old cephalopod has a record of predicting past German results in this manner, his owners say. Paul has so far correctly predicted all of Germany’s results in South Africa. His keepers say he correctly predicted 80% of Germany’s results during the 2008 European Championship.
Paul is two years old and was born in England. Hopefully he does not suffer much from a conflict of loyalties and let us hope that Paul keeps getting his daily ration of mussels irrespective of the results from S. Africa.
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