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Octopus oracle picks Spain to win World Cup
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Eyes around the world were on Germany’s octopus oracle Paul on Friday as he made
his biggest prediction yet in the World Cup: Spain will beat the Netherlands in the final.
Paul’s prescient picks in the World Cup—he has yet to predict a match wrong—have
propelled him to international fame from obscurity in an aquarium in the western city of
Oberhausen.

TV stations in Germany, Great Britain, Taiwan and elsewhere broadcast live pictures,
complete with breathless commentary, of his final decision.
Millions watched as the eight-legged oracle descended upon on a tank marked with a
Spanish flag, sitting for only a few minutes before grabbing a mussel and devouring it,
while completely ignoring the Dutch tank—indicating a Spanish victory in Sunday’s final
match in Sunday’s final.

It was the first time the 2 1/2-year-old floppy octopus had been tasked to pick a game in
which Germany wasn’t involved, as the Oberhausen Sea Life aquarium bowed to
demand. He correctly called Germany’s wins over Argentina, England, Australia and
Ghana and the country’s loss to Spain and Serbia.

He also predicted Friday that Germany will win over Uruguay in Saturday’s match for
third and fourth place.

Paul first developed his abilities during the 2008 European Championship in which he
predicted five out of six games involving Germany correctly. But while he had only a
community of local fans two years ago, his World Cup prognostications have brought
him something like stardom. He has his own Facebook fan pages and a list of admirers
that includes the Spanish leader.

His handlers said “Paul is such a professional oracle—he doesn’t even care that
hundreds of journalists are watching and commenting on every move he makes,” said
Stefan Porwoll, the Sea Life aquarium manager.
AP