Paul the Octopus, whose claim to fame was to correctly predict the winners of the 2010 World Cup tournament. The eight-tentacle sea creature, who resided at a German aquarium, has passed away from natural causes. Paul was 2 ½ years old. There were 8 futbol/soccer matches that Paul the Octopus was asked to predict the outcome. He went 8-0. An unbelievable 100% success rate.
During the 2010 World Cup tournament, played in South Africa, over at the Oberhausen Sea Life Center in western Germany, two glass boxes were lowered into Paul’s tank. The glass boxes each contained a tasty mussel and a flag of the opposing team. Paul the Octopus would head over to one glass box, open the hatch, to gobble up the mussel. This was how Paul the Octopus predicted all eight winners he was asked to predict. It included the final match, in which Spain defeated the Netherlands, 1-nil.
There are rumors floating around that another octopus at the Oberhausen Sea Life Center is being groomed to be the successor to Paul.
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