World Cup star Paul the Octopus passes away

• zocoss

  26 Oct 10, 19:09

  Paul the octopus, 'psychic' World Cup predictor extraordinaire, passes away in Oberhausen
  

   

   

   

  

  Water way to go: Paul the octopus, one of the stars of a forgettable World Cup, has tragically died

   

   

  

  Gone, but not forgotten: Paul will have a shrine dedicated to his memory

   

   

   

   

   

  Paul the octopus, which won unlikely worldwide fame correctly predicting a host of World Cup matches, has died, his owners said today.
  

  Stefan Porwoll, manager of the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre in Germany, said: 'His success made him almost a bigger story than the World Cup itself.'

   

  Paul predicted the winners of all Germany's World Cup clashes, and then of the final by selecting one of two boxes, each loaded with a mussel food treat and marked on the outside with one of the teams.

   

  Staff at the centre said his death was not entirely unexpected, since common octopuses generally only live a couple of years.

   

  'He appears to have passed away peacefully during the night, of natural causes, and we are consoled by the knowledge that he enjoyed a good life here,' said Mr Porwoll.

  'We may decide to give Paul his own small burial plot within our grounds and erect a modest permanent shrine.'

   

  Paul will live on meanwhile in the form of a range of commercial enterprises ranging from special clothing lines to mobile phone applications.

  He will also feature in a documentary to be released early next year.

• sg_forum

  26 Oct 10, 19:14

  RIP

• Asromanista2001

  26 Oct 10, 19:14

  all the punters will be crying rivers of tears...............

  all the bookies will be crying rivers of joy...............

   

  no state funeral meh ?

  this octopus did far more for Germany than Angela Merkel leh..................

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  26 Oct 10, 22:08

  RIP

• langer68

  26 Oct 10, 22:25

  so sad , soh tong.rip

• parn

  26 Oct 10, 23:37

  Tako sashimi?

• kengkia

  26 Oct 10, 23:42

  Originally posted by parn:

  Tako sashimi?

  okay if parnie eat that sashimi, she would inherit paul's ability..

  So in essence paul is not dead yet.

• MobTwo

  27 Oct 10, 05:08

  If Paul the octopus is psychic, why can't it predict the danger leading to its death? Such irony.

• FireIce

  27 Oct 10, 23:15

  Successor to Paul is French

   

  OBERHAUSEN (Germany) - THE successor to the game-guessing Paul the Octopus is French, although it remains to be seen if he will have the same forecasting talents as his famous English-born predecessor.

  Paul gained global fame by correctly calling all seven of Germany's World Cup games and predicting Spain's victory in July over the Netherlands. He was found dead of natural causes in his tank at the Oberhausen aquarium on Tuesday.

  Aquarium spokesman Tanja Munzig says the new octopus, also to be called Paul, was born near the southern French city of Montpellier and will be presented to the public next week. -- AP

• onźźa

  28 Oct 10, 01:13

  Paul, my love, rest in peace.   Thanks for giving us so much entertainment.