Paul, The Football Octopus

When it comes in predicting the Fifa 2010 World cup matches, there is no one better than than Mr Paul, an Psychic Octopus who famous for his alleged ability to correctly predict the winner of matches in which the German national football team is playing: so far he has managed it 11 out of 12 times.

Paul was born in 2008 at Weymouth sea life park in Dorset, England.According to entertainment director Daniel Fey, Paul showed his intelligence early on: "There was something about the way he looked at our visitors when they came close to the tank. It was so unusual, so we tried to find out what his special talents were." The first time Paul was tried was during UEFA Euro 2008. He was correct in 80% of the predictions he made, but he was wrong in his prediction of the winner of the final match, which was Germany versus Spain. Paul predicted Germany's win but Spain was the eventual winner.

Paul has been able to predict the winners of all six matches that the German team has played so far in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. For 2010 FIFA World Cup Group D, in which the German team played, he predicted Germany's win over Ghana, as well as their win over Australia. He upset German fans when he correctly predicted Germany's loss to Serbia In the 2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage, Paul predicted Germany's win over England in the round of 16 and over Argentina in the quarter finals. For his last prediction, Paul received death threats. Angry Argentinian fans blamed him for their team's major loss of 0 to 4, and threatened to eat him to avenge his prediction. His keeper Oliver Walenciak is sure that the octopus is safe in his aquarium tank:



Paul also made a correct prediction for the semi finals when he chose the box with Spain's flag. Some German supporters hoped that Paul would get it wrong because of his incorrect prediction of the Germany versus Spain match in the UEFA Euro 2008, but this time they were in for a disappointment. Paul did it once again, his 100% accurate prediction for FIFA 2010 has gained worldwide status as a celebrity.