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Paul the Psychic Octopus Mourned Far and Wide Across Twitter

(Oct. 26) -- Forget the "fail whale." Today on Twitter, the untimely death of a different sea creature is causing all the buzz. Paul the Octopus, the psychic sea creature who captivated the world with his flawless streak of 2010 World Cup predictions, died Monday night. Paul made a name for himself during the World Cup...

Paul the Psychic Octopus Attacked by Ahmadinejad

(July 27) -- Perhaps the Iranian president picked Germany to win the World Cup? Last week, at a national youth conference held in Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took aim at Paul the "Psychic" Octopus, the seemingly clairvoyant, German-based cephalopod who accurately predicted the outcome of eight matches of the 2010 FIFA...

Madrid Zoo Wants to Buy Psychic Octopus Paul

MADRID (July 15) - The Madrid Zoo said Thursday that it has made an offer to buy Paul, the octopus who became a pop culture sensation by correctly predicting the outcome of as many World Cup matches as he has legs - all seven of Germany's games plus the Spain-Netherlands final. The zoo said it made the offer after...

Paul the Octopus Picks Spain in World Cup; Mani the Parakeet Likes the Netherlands [Video]

(July 9) -- The question of who will win Sunday's World Cup final may just boil down to which you trust more, an octopus or a parakeet? The debate as to which animal species serves as a better oracle will soon be decided, however. That's because Paul, a German-bred octopus who has a knack for picking World Cup winners,...

Paul the Octopus Picks Spain to Win World Cup

BERLIN (July 9) - Eyes around the world were on Germany's octopus oracle Paul on Friday as he made his biggest prediction yet in the World Cup: Spain will beat the Netherlands in the final. Paul's prescient picks in the World Cup - he has yet to predict a match wrong - have propelled him to international fame from...

Background on psychic octopus

Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus from Weymouth, England. Paul lived in a tank at a commercial attraction, the Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany and became internationally famous after his feeding behaviour was used to correctly predict the winner of each of the Germany national football team's seven matches in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as well as the outcome of the final.

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