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Monday, July 12, 2010

Paul, swims in front of a mock soccer World Cup trophy

oracle octopus Paul, swims in front of a mock soccer World Cup trophy in his tank at the Sea Life Aquarium

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Paul, the 'psychic' octopus with a perfect prediction record

An octopus named Paul swims in his aquarium on July 9, 2010 at the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, western Germany. Paul, the 'psychic' octopus with a perfect prediction record, decided Spain will win the football World Cup for the first time in their history. The eight-legged oracle, who has become a World Cup sensation by correctly predicting all six Germany games, very quickly plumped for Spain carried live on national German television.

Paul, the 'psychic' octopus with a perfect prediction record l swims in his aquarium at the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen

Saturday, July 10, 2010

A Sculpture of Paul, the Octopus Oracle

An Indian artist puts the finishing touches to a sand sculpture ahead of the FIFA World Cup final match between Spain and The Netherlands, depicting a football covered with an octopus in Bhubaneswar on July 10, 2010. Spain will face the Netherlands in the FIFA 2010 World Cup final soccer match on July 11, at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

An Indian artist puts the finishing touches to a sand sculpture ,The sculpt is a representation of Paul, the Octopus Oracle and The Final: Netherlands vs Spain.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Paul has predicted Spain to win the world cup!

An octopus named Paul opens a box with decorated with a Spanish flag and a shell inside on July 9, 2010 at the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, western Germany. Paul's task is to decide in favour of one of the shells hidden in boxes with the flags of the Netherlands and Spain to act thus as oracle for the upcoming final match of the FIFA Football World Cup between the two countries on July 11, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Paul, the 'psychic' octopus, who had predicted well the result of six German matches earlier in the tournament, predicted Spain will win the football World Cup for the first time in their history.

Paul, the 'psychic' octopus, had predicted spain to win The world cup!

Germany vs Uruguay Paul "octopus oracle" predicts Germany's victory

Two year-old octopus Paul, the so-called "octopus oracle" predicts Germany's victory in their 2010 World Cup third place soccer match against Uruguay by choosing the mussel, from a glass box decorated with the German national flag instead of a glass box with the Uruguay flag, at the Sea Life Aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen July 9, 2010. So far Paul has correctly picked all six German World Cup results including their first-round defeat against Serbia and their semi-finals defeat against Spain.

Paul the octopus predicts Germany's victory in their 2010 World Cup third place soccer match against Uruguay