Friday Fun: Soothsaying Octopus Predicts World Cup Winner

Paul has spoken. Or during slightest selected which mussel to eat first.

The four-year-old common octopus done his last World Cup predictions on Friday morning, picking Spain to win a 2010 World Cup as well as Germany to take third place.

Paul, who lives during a Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, is famous for fairly predicting a results of 11 out of Germanys last 12 games, together with all of a countrys World Cup matches. Thats a success rate of 91.7%, better than most sports analysts.

Before any game, keepers place dual boxes in his tank. Each box has a mussel as well as a tiny flag representing one of a dual nations playing. Whichever box Paul cooking from initial is supposed to be his selected winner.

Hes messed up only once, when he picked Germany to beat Spain in a Euro 2008 final. Well have to wait for until Sunday to see if he gets a big one right.

Check out a eight-armed seer making his picks in this video:

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