Paul Allen, also known as Paul the Octopus (hatched January 2008) is a common octopus living in a tank at a Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany, who is used as an animal oracle to predict the results of football matches, usually international matches in which Germany is playing. He came to worldwide attention with his accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup.
During a divination, Paul is presented with two boxes containing food, each marked with the flag of a national football team in an upcoming match. He chose the box with the flag of the winning team in four of Germany's six Euro 2008 matches, and in all seven of their matches in the 2010 World Cup—with Germany's third place playoff win over Uruguay on 10 July, his success rate rose to 85 percent, with 11 out of 13 matches correctly predicted. He has predicted a win for Spain against the Netherlands in the World Cup final on 11 July by eating the mussel in the box with the Spanish flag on it
Other appellation(s) : Paul Oktopus, Paul der Krake
Species : Octopus vulgaris
Sex : Male
Born : January 2008 Weymouth, Dorset
Occupation : Exhibit Known for Predicting results of Germany's football matches
Owner : Sea Life Centres (aquarium keeper: Oliver Walenciak)
Named : after A poem by Boy Lornsen, Der Tintenfisch Paul Oktopus
by : wikipedia
the final prediction & final match !!
Spain WorldCup champion 2010 .... In the Worldcup final match, Spain beat Netherlands (Holland) 1-0. Spain lifted the FIFA World Cup for the first time after Andres Iniesta's 116th-minute goal secured a 1-0 victory for the European champions over the Netherlands at Soccer City
the champions ....
Read more about the match at FIFA.com (pictures by fifa)Paul the Psychic Octopus's World Cup final prediction I'd like to thank the Spanish Prime Minister for his kind words and offering me bodyguards but I'd like to reassure my fans that this hasn't influenced my decision. by Paul via facebook
now ... next world cup @ 2014 ... start counting !!!
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