Paul the Octopus picks Spain to beat Netherlands in World Cup 2010 final.
Paul, the Oberhausen-based Octopus whose World Cup 'predictions' have become such a part of this tournament, has 'tipped' Spain to beat the Netherlands in Sunday's final. The captive sea creature makes his predictions based upon mussels placed in two boxes in his tank. Each box is clearly marked with the opposing country's flags.
Using his species' famed reasoning skills, Paul opens one of the boxes in order to east the mussel, thereby indicating which country he favours.
This is the first time he has been asked to predict the outcome of a game not involving Germany, and the prophet of the deep would seem to favour Spain to leave South Africa as champions.
He has not been wrong with any of his previous predictions.
But Paul is not having it all his own way. He's facing stiff competition from Singapore's very own Mani the Parakeet, who's dared to go against Psychic Paul by picking Holland to win Sunday's final.
Creeping out of his small wooden cage and choosing between two white cards -- one hiding a Dutch flag, the other Spanish -- the bird predicted the Oranje to triumph in Soccer City.
Mani, a seven-year-old parakeet from Malaysia, has been giving advice to locals for years in Singapore's historic 'little India' district. He's also made World Cup predictions, choosing Holland, Uruguay, Germany and Spain to make it to the semi-finals. Now, Mani is picking the Netherlands to win it all. Gary Hamilton report.
Who will emerge triumphant?
Stay tuned, although punters may be comforted that both agreed Germany will beat Uruguay in the playoff for third place on Saturday.
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