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Paul the octopus
Paul in his tank, next to a football boot with the German flag colours
Other appellation(s)	"Paul" Oktopus Paul der Krake
Species	Octopus vulgaris
Sex	Male
Born	Weymouth, England, or in the waters off Elba,Italy
Occupation	Exhibit Psychic Football Pundit 2008–2010
Known for	Predicting results ofGermany's footballmatches
Owner	Sea Life Centres(aquarium keeper: Oliver Walenciak)
Named after	A poem by Boy Lornsen, Der Tintenfisch Paul Oktopus

Paul the octopus (purportedly hatched January 2008) is a common octopus living in a tank at a Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany. Paul became internationally famous for correctly predicting the winner of Germany's seven matches at the 2010 World Cup, as well as the final.

During the divinations, Paul was presented with two boxes containing food in the form of a mussel, each box marked on the outside with the flag of a national football team in an upcoming match. Paul ate the mussel from the box with the flag of the winning team in four of Germany's six Euro 2008 matches, and in all seven of their matches in the 2010 World Cup. He correctly predicted a win for Spain against the Netherlands in the World Cup final on 11 July by eating the mussel in the box with the Spanish flag on it. His predictions were 100% (8/8) correct for the 2010 World Cup and 86% (12/14) correct overall. Paul has retired after the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The keeper at the aquarium claims that Paul was not the octopus which predicted the results for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championships, which would give him 100% accuracy overall.

Octopus Paul has been a harbinger of good news for entire nation of Spain. The mere winning of football world cup is expected to add 0.5% to the GDP growth of crisis infected nation. Scoring bang-on in all his predictions, Paul has put to rest all the skeptics and critics and won large number of admirers and believers.

Now, after receiving hundreds of requests from Spaniards the Madrid zoo has made an offer to buy Paul from the the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany. An unspecified amount of cash was offered for the purchase of Paul along with an offer of Spanish animals to German aquarium and a promise that he would "receive the utmost attention, a reflection of the great affection that all Spaniards profess for him since he predicted that the Spanish squad would win the World Cup."

Zoo authority said in a statement, "We hope that within the next few days we will be able to confirm news that the admirable Paul will be part of the club of the most loved and charismatic animals of the Madrid Zoo. "

However the owner of Paul – hasn't yet confirmed such offer. Paul was retired this week from predicting football game outcomes, and Madrid Zoo officials promised he wouldn't be used again for similar duties.

Octopus Paul is going places, I wish we could have him in India.

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Regards;
VK Pandey