Octopus predicts German win over England
An octopus “oracle” – born in England, but raised in Germany – has predicted a German win over England in Sunday’s World Cup game, it was revealed today.
Oberhausen Sea Life Aquarium spokeswoman Tanja Munzig says the mollusk chose a mussel out of a water glass marked with the German flag over a mussel in a glass with the English St George’s Cross.
England faces Germany’s national team in a much-anticipated round-of-16 match in South Africa.
Ms Munzig said today that Paul, an octopus which lives in the western city of Oberhausen, has proven to be a reliable oracle in the past – predicting Germany’s win over Australia and Ghana and its loss to Serbia.
During the 2008 European Cup in 2008, it predicted 80% of all German games correctly.
