Oberhausen, Germany (GenevaLunch) – Paul, the two-year-old oracle octopus has picked Spain to win the World Cup final. The eight-legged oracle has correctly forecast the winner of every match played by Germany during the Cup.
Paul, who lives at the Sea Life aquarium in the German city of Oberhausen, normally only picks Germany matches. But Sea Life made an exception for the final. The “oracle” made his prediction by picking a mussel from the box emblazoned with Spain’s flag.
Because its specialty is predicting Germany’s matches, Paul was also put to pick third place. And guess, who Paul chose! Germany to beat Uruguay, the last of the South American team standing in the finals. Although, he wasn’t quite swift choosing the home team.
Paul the octopus picks Spain – Video of RT
Paul picks Germany
According to Reuters, two German television networks interrupted their programming for live coverage of the octopus’s picks. Unlike previous occasions when Paul has taken up to 70-minutes to pick a winner, the octopus picked Spain almost at once.
Networks in Spain, the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe also broadcast Paul’s decision live.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 9 July 2010.
Tags: 2010 World Cup, Paul the octopus
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