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Lunchtime Links: Psychic octopus picks another World Cup winner

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Germany_Soccer_WCup_Octopus.JPGPaul the octopus settles on the Spanish box Tuesday while making his prediction for the winner of the semifinal World Cup soccer match between Germany and Spain. Paul correctly predicted all German matches during the World Cup.

Paul, a 2-year-old octopus and soccer fan that lives in a Berlin aquarium, has correctly predicted the outcome of all six German matches in the World Cup. Paul's latest coup: accurately predicting that Spain would defeat Germany in Wednesday night's match. Since then, he's received death threats from enraged fans.

Paul works by choosing a mussel from one of two boxes in his tank decorated with the teams' national flags.

» Germany v Spain: Psychic octopus Paul unfazed by death threats, says keeper [Telegraph]
» Why Paul the octopus was right [DNA India]


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