Paul the Octopus




The way to become famous is to buy yourself a pet that can predict winners of the next major sporting event. Paul the Octopus has brough fame to the wide world of octopuses:), I found it amusing at first that an octopus was predicting winners and became even more incredulous at all the attention given to it by the media. Cmon Paul the Octopus is really not an amazing feat, I dare you to say it is?

An Octopus with eight legs and a brain no bigger than that of a squid? A cephalopod! I admit it has been known to solve puzzles but when an octopus becomes a soothsayer that becomes a matter for debate. Just watching the YouTube video above I wondered what would have happened if the container with the netherland flag was placed nearer it would it have skipped over to the other side to taste the dainty morsel placed in it. How foolproof was the bait, perhaps the box containing all the correct predictions so far had been coated with a substance only Paul could detect?:)

I will not throw in more theories about the hows and whys of Pauls predictions seeing that they have been confined to predicting the outcome of football games only. But if he is to have any more prominence in the lives of those who suddenly realize that certain life decisions cannot be made with Paul featuring as the Chief Prophet, ill become a prophet and say that very soon Paul and his minions may just about rule our world! LOL. An octopus huh.......

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