Paul the psychic Octopus finishes with 100 per cent record

• TTFU

  1 Jul 10, 11:05

  

  BERLIN (AP) -- Octopus oracle Paul on Tuesday hesitated but ultimately picked Germany to win -- again -- this time over Argentina in their quarterfinal matchup at the football World Cup.

  Paul, who rose to global fame after correctly predicting all four of Germany's games in this year's tournament, indicated that Saturday's game will be a tough battle and that it may even end in a penalty shootout.

  While English-born Paul made a snappy decision to pick Germany over his native country, this time it took the octopus about an hour to approach a water glass containing a mussel marked with a German flag, said Tanja Munzig, a spokeswoman for Sea Life Aquarium in the western city of Oberhausen.

  Paul ignored a similar glass with Argentina's flag, but he also did not reach inside the German glass with his tentacles to grab the seafood goodie.

  "Paul kept staring at the German glass and only when we wanted to take out both glasses, he finally jumped inside the German one and gulped down the mussel" Munzig said. "All of his behavior indicates that Saturday's game will be very tough and it may even go into extra time and penalty shootout -- but in the end Germany will win."

  Two-year-old Paul has proven to be a reliable oracle in the past -- in addition to predicting Germany's win over England, he also foretold the victories over Australia and Ghana and the country's loss to Serbia. During the 2008 European Championship, he predicted 80 percent of all German games right, Munzig said.

  Despite being a naturalized German, Munzig said, Paul is not a biased octopus and "he may even have some relatives in Argentina, who emigrated there many generations ago.

• TTFU

  1 Jul 10, 17:42

  punters better take note

• SGporkz

  1 Jul 10, 17:44

  argentina vs brazil or  spain holland

  pls.

   

• BadzMaro

  1 Jul 10, 17:46

  lool.

  I trust Octopus Paul.

• the Bear

  1 Jul 10, 17:57

  Football is a simple game. 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win - Gary Lineker

   

  

• TTFU

  1 Jul 10, 21:15

  10 men chasing one ball, thats basketball

• the Bear

  1 Jul 10, 21:38

  Cthulu approves

  

• charlize

  1 Jul 10, 21:49

  Exploitation. 

• Rooney9

  1 Jul 10, 21:51

  so poor thing paul

• Hello Kitty

  4 Jul 10, 00:41

  wat's his nxt prediction???

   

• Hello Kitty

  6 Jul 10, 01:03

  it's tmrw!

   

• ditzy

  6 Jul 10, 01:05

  Originally posted by Hello Kitty:

  wat's his nxt prediction???

   

  Mani the fortune telling bird predict that germany will lose to spain. That is a possibility because Mueller is not in.

• Hello Kitty

  6 Jul 10, 01:07

  kill dat bird!!!

   

• ditzy

  6 Jul 10, 01:10

  Originally posted by Hello Kitty:

  kill dat bird!!!

   

  That bird lives in little india, can get the address from yesterday's newpaper, so far that bird is 100% on the dot, compared to 80% from the sotong.

• Rooney9

  6 Jul 10, 01:14

  Originally posted by Hello Kitty:

  kill dat bird!!!

   

  why r u so cruel kitty.

• Hello Kitty

  6 Jul 10, 01:18

  ok then.

  kill u too.

   

• 798

  6 Jul 10, 22:02

  paul the sotong also predict spain to advance to the final.

• Pitot

  6 Jul 10, 22:03

  sotong is squid leh.

• ditzy

  6 Jul 10, 22:03

  My gut feeling tells me germany might not make it past the semis.

• 798

  6 Jul 10, 22:06

  Originally posted by Pitot:

  sotong is squid leh.

  
  they r all sashimi to me. :P

• Poignant

  6 Jul 10, 22:29

  Oracle octopus predicts Spain success

  

  
  

  BERLIN - Football fans across Germany will be hoping a "psychic" cephalopod's fabled skills of prophecy have failed him after Paul the octopus predicted a German loss in their World Cup semi-final with Spain.

  With a 100 percent record so far, the British-born aquarium dweller at Sea Life in Oberhausen, western Germany has become a celebrity having correctly predicted a series of German wins and even Germany's surprise group stage loss to Serbia.

  On Tuesday, Paul once again was given the choice of picking food from two different plastic containers lowered into his tank - one decorated with a Spanish flag and one with a German flag.

  The container which Paul opens first is seen as his pick.

  He settled on both containers at first in a sign of hesitation before opening the box with the Spanish flag.

  The decision was broadcast live on several news channels in Germany, although commentators immediately cast doubt over the prediction by Paul, who was born in Weymouth, England.

  While Paul has been faultless at the World Cup so far, he is not infallible - at Euro 2008 he incorrectly picked Germany as the victor against Spain.

• TTFU

  6 Jul 10, 22:32

  Punters know what to do now ?

• SevenEleven

  6 Jul 10, 22:33

  Originally posted by TTFU:

  Punters know what to do now ?

  
  deep fried octopus meal?

• zocoss

  6 Jul 10, 23:45

  I hope Octopus Paul gets it wrong this time...  And Spain to lose by 4 too... lol.

• Hello Kitty

  7 Jul 10, 03:32

  me hv had bbq sotong for dinner on last sun.