Paul the octopus found dead

[Mpita Njia]

By DAVID CROSSLAND
Oct. 26, 2010

Yahoo

Paul the Octopus, the eight-armed oracle that correctly predicted the outcome of eight World Cup matches this year, has died. Devastated staff at his aquarium in Germany say they will build a memorial to him, and they have a comforting message for a world in mourning -- Paul II is waiting in the wings.

Paul the Octopus, who gained worldwide fame this year by correctly forecasting the outcome of eight World Cup soccer matches including the final, has died peacefully of natural causes, the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen said on Tuesday.

"Management and staff of the Oberhausen Sea Life Aquarium were devastated when Paul was found dead this morning," the aquarium said in a statement.

It said it would erect a memorial to the little brown octopus whose astounding predictive powers turned him into the true star of the tournament, eclipsing the likes of Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Thomas Müller and Andres Iniesta. Spain, which won the tournament, embraced "Pulpo Paul" as a hero.

During the World Cup in South Africa in June and July, TV channels around the world provided live coverage of Paul's forecasts, made by picking a tasty mussel from one of two transparent boxes emblazoned with the national flags of the two opposing teams.

There was a one in 256 chance that he would get all eight predictions right. Paul's success rate confounded mathematicians, angered bookmakers and spooked hundreds of millions of football fans around the world.

"Paul delighted people from all continents with his seven consecutive correct predictions for the matches of the German national team and for the final," said the aquarium's general manager, Stefan Porwoll. "He was dear to all our hearts and we will sorely miss him. He died peacefully in the night of natural causes. It is a comforting thought that he had a good life with us with the best possible care delivered by a committed team."

Some Germans, disappointed by Paul's unfavorable predictions towards their own national team, had joked that they wanted to fry him up as calamari. Sea Life officials on Tuesday that Paul's remains are currently being stored in a freezer and that he would be cremated in the coming days.

 

[Katavi]

Hii iende jukwaa na utani haifai kuwa hapa na wala haina uhusiano na uchaguzi wetu.

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

Hakuna uhusiano na utabiri wa Sheikh Mnajimu aliyetabiri mwanasiasa machachari wa Tanzania sasa huyo pweza anazo hizo sifa?

 

[Fareed]

This is too childish real!! I consider it the worst way of using this forum. Unaweza kuwasababishia watu pressure zisizokuwa na maana. Kama ulitaka kufanya utani, ungepeleka kwenye jukwaa la utani na si kuleta kitu cha utani katika jukwaa ambalo lina serious issues.

Tuliza presha Lukolo, hivi wewe unataka kuniambia kuwa uliamini porojo za Sheikh Yahya zinaweza kutokea kweli? Lengo la hii nyuzi ni kukejeli 'utabiri' wa shehe huyu feki. After all, baada ya kujadiliana mambo mazito kwa ajili ya mustakabali wa nchi, si vibaya kupata muda wa kutabasamu kwa silly things. Au vipi?

 

[Mbimbinho]

This is too childish real!! I consider it the worst way of using this forum. Unaweza kuwasababishia watu pressure zisizokuwa na maana. Kama ulitaka kufanya utani, ungepeleka kwenye jukwaa la utani na si kuleta kitu cha utani katika jukwaa ambalo lina serious issues.

Point! concentration yangu yote niliiweka hapa kusikiliza nani tena.., achen hizo wajameni..((

 

[senator]

Some Germans, disappointed by Paul's unfavorable predictions towards their own national team, had joked that they wanted to fry him up as calamari. Sea Life officials on Tuesday that Paul's remains are currently being stored in a freezer and that he would be cremated in the coming days.

I would prefer the same..huyu unamtengeneza vyema unapata Thupu yake basi inakuwa mwendo wa ushindi tu kama walivyofanya Spain chache zinakuwa ....

 

[Lukolo]

Tuliza presha Lukolo, hivi wewe unataka kuniambia kuwa uliamini porojo za Sheikh Yahya zinaweza kutokea kweli? Lengo la hii nyuzi ni kukejeli 'utabiri' wa shehe huyu feki. After all, baada ya kujadiliana mambo mazito kwa ajili ya mustakabali wa nchi, si vibaya kupata muda wa kutabasamu kwa silly things. Au vipi?

Poa!! Lakini ungeweka kwenye jukwaa la utani. Yaani mimi nilipagawa kabisa. Huwezi jua maana sheik yahya mwenyewe ni mchawi. Pengine kuna aliyepanga kumloga afe kabla ya uchaguzi. So mkuu umenitisha kupita kiasi. Ungeweka kwenye jukwaa la utani isingekuwa shida.

 

[Buchanan]

huyo aliyefariki alikuwa anapambana na jk kwenye kugombea? Au hamkumwelewa sheikh?

 

[3D.]

Upuuzi! Ndo hapa sometimes JF inaniboa. Kuna watu wana hoja ambao unaweza kujifunza toka kwao lakini wengine utoto tu. Kwa sababu wanajua kutype basi ni kuandika chochote. Aaah!