This may not be theatre related but if you're like me and have been following the World Cup then you would be familiar with Paul The Psychic Octopus and his predictions. He has turned into the surprise superstar of these games gaining facebook pages, tweets and coverage from major news agencies such as the BBC and CNN.
Paul is a 2 year old Octopus born in Dorset, England but now lives in the Oberhausen Aquarium in Germany. His keepers had devised a dinner time game where he is given 2 glass boxes containing mussels.
During the Euro 2008 football championships, flags of the competing sides were placed on the containers and it was noted that on almost every occasion, the team that Paul’s tentacle touched first went on to win their match.
During this year's World Cup, he has predicted all of Germany's games correctly including their loses to Serbia and Spain. Showing a perfect record so far. He also has chosen Germany over Uruguay as the third place winner and again has been proven correct. For the finals, El Pulpo Paul, as the Spaniards affectionately calls him, has chosen Spain over the Netherlands (click the photo above for the video). In a few hours, we'll know if he's correct.
(photo from Telegraph.co.uk)
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