Paul the Octopus has achieved great popularity in the Deutschland since his predictions in 2008 European Championship in which 70% of his forecasts were correct. In the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa, he has once again proved his 100% correct prognosticating abilities by his flawless predictions for all the six matches involving his home country, Germany.Lately Spanish prime minister Jose Zapatero offered to send Paul official state protection, and the Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian called for Paul to be given safe haven in Spain.
Paul could be the first millionaire Octopus, worth up to $4.5 million, and finally the spain had to pay around USD 38,221.429 as a "transfer fee" to have Paul as the main attraction of the local Fiesta del Pulpo festival.
What paul do today?
Starting from July 12, 2010, Paul was retired from making predictions. Paul's owners stated "He won't give any more oracle predictions – either in football, or in politics, lifestyle or economy. Paul will get back to his former job, namely making children laugh." As a reward for his accurate predictions, aquarium staff presented him with his very own replica World Cup trophy garnished with his favourite food – mussels
More True Fact about Paul :
1. British-born male octopus
Although now living in the Aquarium Sea Life Centre, Oberhausen, Germany, Paul was born in Weymouth, England.
2. The biggest celeb in Oberhausen
Paul is the most popular thing in Oberhausen, a city, which according to Wikipedia, an area of 77 square kilometers and a population of 214 000 inhabitants. During this time, the city was only known for having the largest shopping centers in Germany, the Centro.
3. Great news
Prediction Paul has invited the attention of many people because a German television station, NTV, began diligently to broadcast games directly predicted Paul, with two reporters standing next to the tank so they can make the audience know how Paul make predictions.
4. His predictions were 100% (8/8) correct for the 2010 World Cup
Paul began to predict the outcome of the game since Euro 2008 Switzerland-Austria and Germany he was predicting six games, with four of them right. Paul maintained a 100% accurate record during the tournament by correctly predicting Spain's victory over the Netherlands in the final as well as Germany's win over Uruguay in the third-place playoff He said Germany would win all the matches. In fact, Germany lost to Spain in the final.
5. Can make you rich
With forecasts like that, you can rely on forecasts-predictions before betting.
6. Humans hunted
An Argentine chef, Nicolas Bedorrou, so angry when Paul accurately predicted that his country teams will be defeated Germany in the quarter-finals of World Cup 2010 South Africa. He even threatened to hunt for Paul to be cooked.
7. Intelligent animals
Octopus are intelligent animals and proved to have a strong memory. “Octopus ordinary like Paul is very intelligent. We equate them with intelligence and they love dogs and like to solve problems,” said Fiona Smith.
8. Celebrities on Facebook and Twitter
Paul became one of the most prevalent topic of conversation at social networking site. The phrase “Paul the Octopus” and “Pulpo” (Spanish for octopus) Twitter world top ten.
9. Without engineering
Paul predict the outcome of the game with the lid off one of two containers of food in the tank. Sea Life Centre Oberhausen Staff, Tanja Munzig, denied allegations that something was placed in one container. “There’s no trick. Food and everything the same in both containers were the same, except the flag,” said Munzig.
10. Not afraid of death threats
According to his supervisor, Oliver Walencak, Paul was not afraid of threats of supporters who blamed him for exclusion of Argentine Lionel Messi and colleagues from the World Cup in 2010 because the 0-4 defeat of Germany
