BERLIN (AP) — A 2-year-old octopus oracle — born in England, but raised in Germany — has predicted a German win over England in Sunday’s World Cup game.
Sea Life Aquarium’s spokeswoman Tanja Munzig says the mollusk chose a mussel out of a water glass marked with the German flag over a mussel in a glass with the English St. George’s Cross.
Germany’s national team faces England in a much-anticipated round of 16 faceoff in South Africa.
Munzig said Friday that Paul, who lives in the western city of Oberhausen, has proven to be a reliable oracle in the past — he predicted Germany’s win over Australia and Ghana and its loss to Serbia.
During the 2008 European Cup in 2008, he predicted 80 percent of all German games right.
