Paul the Octopus was reportedly hatched last January 2008 and died just this month , October 26, 2010.He was a common octopus from England, who lived in a tank at a Sea Life Centre,in 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.Paul's predictions were designed so that he 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. His choice of which mussel to eat first was taken as indicating his prediction of a win for the country whose flag was on that box. These predictions were correct in four of Germany's six Euro 2008 matches, and in all seven of their matches in the 2010 World Cup. He also correctly selected a win for Spain against the Netherlands in the World Cup Final on the 11th of July by eating the mussel in the box with the Spanish flag on it His "predictions" were 100% correct for the 2010 World Cup and (12/14) correct overall.


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