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| An octopus named Paul sits on a box which decorated with a Spanish flag and a shell inside 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 Germany (L) and Spain to act thus as oracle for the upcoming semi-final match of the FIFA Football World Cup between the two countries in Durban, South Africa.(Photo Source: chinanews.com) |
BERLIN, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Octopus Paul is predicting Germany will be ousted by Spain at the World Cup semifinals.
Sea Life Aquarium's spokesman Daniel Fey said on Tuesday that the famous octopus chose food from a glass tank marked with a Spanish flag, while ignoring the tank marked with the German colors, meaning Spain's victory in Wednesday's semifinal.
The only time the usually-prescient Paul made a mistake in the past was in picking a Germany-Spain matchup in the 2008 European Championship, when he picked Germany and Spain prevailed.
Otherwise, Paul correctly predicted Germany's wins over Argentina and England, and also foretold the victories over Australia and Ghana and the country's loss to Serbia.
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