Astrologers out, Paul takes over

Jul 09, 2010 - Age Corespondent

Paul the octopus has put pyschics, astrologers and football experts including the German team to shame with his accurate predictions this World Cup. From his aquarium in the Sea Life public aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, this two-year-old common octopus, born in England, Paul, has rightly predicted the winners of all the six matches that Germany has played in FIFA this year. While Paul has managed to fascinate millions around the world with his powers, not everyone is happy with him.
Irate Argentinina fans wanted to kill and eat him after he predicted that their team would loose to Germany and some German fans are annoyed that he messed with their teams’ head psychologically when he chose Spain as the semi-final winner.
Not everyone is a fan of Paul, but the octopus will be pleased to know that he is a global phenomena and everybody has an opininon him.
While a few soccer fans are iritated that people are now blindly believing in an octopus, some girls wish men were like Paul. Why? Well, apart from being delicious to eat, octopus are said to be talented in many different ways. Having eight arms is a great advantage, imagine how much good they can do to a girl. They also have three hearts and a huge brain. So move over vampires and werewolves, here comes the octopus. It’s time to dive into the ocean or in Paul’s case, the aquarium.

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