Calamari Time

wrong forum i know. Never trust something with eight legs.

"England's World Cup hopes have been dealt a blow – by a psychic octopus.

Paul the octopus has correctly predicted all of Germany’s wins and defeats in the World Cup so far – and he is tipping them to beat Fabio Capello’s team tomorrow.

To get his predictions, food is lowered into Paul’s tank in two containers with the flag of each country on the front. The one he goes for is his tip to win.

For this last 16 clash in Bloemfontein, Paul opted for a mussel in a glass of water marked with the black, red and yellow flag of our fierce rivals.

To rub salt in England’s wounds, two-year-old Paul lives in Oberhausen Sea Life centre in Germany but is originally from Weymouth, Dorset.

The centre’s Tanja Munzig, who looks after the creature, said: “For the European Championship in 2008 Paul’s success rate was more than 80% for Germany games.

“And for this World Cup, he has had a 100% success rate so far.” She’ll probably shell out a few squid on the result."

Germany beating England?

What a shocker!

UpDownTurnAround wrote: Germany beating England?

What a shocker!

Yeah c'mon tell us something new .

Im usually not a fan of the german team, but I AM when they are playing against England, Italy, Argentina and Holland.

If England wins their World Cup game on Sunday will the losing German players try to escape to the late match that day to play for Argentina?

Octopus are very intelligent.

Soccer fans across Germany will be hoping a "psychic" cephalopod's fabled skills of prophecy have failed him after Paul the octopus predicted a German loss in their World Cup semi-final with Spain.

With a 100 per cent record so far, the British-born aquarium dweller at Sea Life in Oberhausen, western Germany, has become a celebrity having correctly predicted a series of German wins and even Germany's surprise group stage loss to Serbia.

Today, Paul once again was given the choice of picking food from two different plastic containers lowered into his tank - one decorated with a Spanish flag and one with a German flag. The container which Paul opens first is seen as his pick. He settled on both containers at first in a sign of hesitation before opening the box with the Spanish flag.

The decision was broadcast live on several news channels in Germany, although commentators immediately cast doubt over the prediction by Paul, who was born in Weymouth, England.

While Paul has been faultless at the World Cup so far, he is not infallible - at Euro 2008 he incorrectly picked Germany as the victor against Spain. (Reuters) I like both teams...