Paul the Psychic Octopus
For those of you who do not know about Paul the Psychic Octopus…
Paul is a two year old Octopus (born in Weymouth, England - now living at the Oberhausen Sea Life Aquarium in Berlin) who correctly predicted all of Germany’s results at the World Cup in South Africa.
Yesterday, Germany was knocked out by Spain.
Earlier in the day, Paul had (correctly) climbed into a Spanish flagged perspex box instead of the German one. Following the game:
“German newspapers report that some of Paul’s bitterly disappointed fans chanted anti-octopus songs in the main square at the end of Wednesday’s loss to Spain.” source
“Some Germans are calling for a public roasting of the oracle octopus who correctly picked the winner of all six of their national soccer team’s World Cup matches — including a bitter defeat to Spain on Wednesday.” source
Fortunately, a spokesman at the Aquarium reassured people nothing would happen to Paul. Unfortunately, Octopuses such as Paul only live for about 5 years - so the next World Cup may be “outside his reach”. <boom boom>
