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from Reuters Soccer Blog:
Paul the Octopus will predict no more…
It is with great sadness that we report the death of the world's foremost psychic cephalopod.
Paul the Octopus, the mystic mollusc himself, became a more significant World Cup figure than Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo or Franck Ribery with his extraordinarily accurate predictions from his tank at Sea Life in Germany.
From our story today:
The two-year-old celebrity octopus made his choices after being offered two containers with food, each with a flag of the two teams playing, and eating out of one of them.
"We grew very fond of him," said Sea Life general manager Stefan Porwoll. "He passed away during the night peacefully," he said as the marine life centre flew flags at half mast and all employees wore black armbands.
from Reuters Soccer Blog:
Sorry Germany, the oracle octopus has spoken
There are only three things that are certain in life -- death, taxes and the World Cup predictions of a British-born octopus in western Germany.
That being the case, there's hardly any point in playing Wednesday's semi-final between Germany and Spain -- the Spanish have got it won.
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