What happened to Squidward Tentacles?

Paul Squidward Tentacles, Animal Prophet. Born in Britain and raised in Germany, Paul has "successfully predicted" all the matches in Germany at the World Cup in South Africa, and his prediction hit rate for the European Cup is as high as 80%.

Paul octopus, an octopus from an aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, was born in Britain and grew up in Germany. Paul had "successfully predicted" that Germany would defeat Australia and Ghana and lose to Serbia in the World Cup in South Africa. He also predicted that Germany would beat England and Argentina and lose to Spain. In addition, it predicts a hit rate of 80% in the European Cup. [1] was honored by netizens as Squidward Tentacles and Octopus Emperor.

Paul Octopus-Predicting Experience

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Paul made his debut at the 2008 European Cup and began to predict the result of the German team. In that cup, he successfully predicted the result of Germany's victory over Poland, Austria, Portugal and Turkey. If you think it will only guess that Germany will win, it is wrong, because Paul also successfully predicted Germany's loss to Croatia in the group stage. In that cup, Paul only predicted one wrong game, but it was a very fatal final. At that time, Paul predicted that Germany would win Spain, but the final result was that Spain won the championship with Torres' goal. In this way, Paul Octopus tried his best and achieved a success rate of 83% in the first contest of "career".

Become famous in World War I.

Before the World Cup in South Africa, although fans all over the world except Germany had never heard of Paul the octopus, German fans did not forget it. Before the first battle in Australia, they invited Paul out. Paul immediately chose Germany to beat Australia, and the result was really like this. Later, Paul also successfully predicted the victory or defeat of Germany against Serbia, Ghana and England.

After continuously predicting the first four matches of Germany in the 20 10 World Cup, the world-renowned Squidward Tentacles "Paul" once again predicted that Germany would beat the Argentine team led by Diego Diego Maradona in the strong dialogue of the14 World Cup finals and advance to the semi-finals. As a result, Germany beat Argentina 4-0 and advanced to the semi-finals.

Paul ate mussels in a glass jar representing Germany and predicted that Germany would win. After the game, the sad Argentine said that he would kill the octopus.

When Paul continued his magical prophecy, other octopus involved had been brought to tables in all corners of the world.

After Argentina's fiasco in Germany, a fan section called "Kill Octopus" immediately won the click-through rate of millions of Argentine fans on the Internet. Many angry fans posted posts to vent their dissatisfaction by eating octopus paella. Restaurant owners who seize business opportunities have launched a series of delicious dishes related to octopus. According to Argentine media reports, in just a few days, the sales of octopus paella in Buenos Aires restaurants showed a straight upward trend. With the release of the latest forecast, German fans have also become the potential force for the next wave of octopus to vent their anger. After Bild published Paul's latest prediction, a German fan showed a detailed octopus cooking recipe in an online comment.

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Attract the attention of millions of people

The forecast of the magical octopus disappointed German fans. Spain beat Germany to enter the final.

As the game entered the semi-final stage, fans who were concerned about the team's victory and defeat began to pay attention to Paul's every move. The staff of Oberhausen Aquarium informed in advance that the semi-final "Octopus Action" will be held on July 6th, 20001/local time. With the arrival of this moment, the website of Oberhausen Aquarium is seriously overloaded, which leads to the failure to open the page normally. In addition, the German "Pictorial" conducted a live text broadcast of "Octopus Action" on its website, which attracted the attention of a large number of netizens.

In the end, octopus Paul chose Spain, and the live members of Bild website announced the results, and said, "I hope Loew's boys can turn the tide and save this semi-final." Perhaps there is another reason for German fans to comfort themselves: Paul's prediction accuracy in the 2008 European Championship was 80%, and his only mistake was the final against Spain. They may have begun to expect that the prediction of the World Cup in two years' time should be inaccurate, at least once in the semi-final. Interestingly, all the 65,438+065,438+0 matches predicted by Paul Squidward Tentacles for the German team won without a draw, which also improved Paul's hit rate to some extent. [3]

Before this prediction came out, there was a group of photos on the Internet. Someone made a prediction for Paul in advance and chose a food jar with a Spanish flag. At that time, the unconvinced German media responded fiercely, pointing out that the photos were fakes from PS. Now, the "Prophecy Emperor" has made the same choice, and the Germans have no choice but to come up with another comforting logic. Two years ago, in the European Cup, Paul chose the former before the Desi War, but in the end it was the Spaniard who won the cup. Squidward Tentacles just "corrected his mistake" and deliberately turned the answer upside down. [4]

"We all like Paul the octopus!" After the semi-final match against Germany, journalists from Iberian Peninsula shouted excitedly in the mixed zone-this magical octopus once again proved its "infinite magic". Thanks to its favorable east wind, Spain defeated its opponent 1-0 in the semi-final held on July 7, 20 10, and entered the World Cup finals for the first time in history.

Spain's victory, thanks to heaven, thanks to the land, thanks to the people, thanks to the octopus. "Octopus Paul is right!" Spain's "Marca" also made such a headline at the first time: "This German octopus named Paul became the amulet of the Spanish national team. It predicts that Spain will beat Germany in the semi-final, which has become a reality. " The newspaper said in a sarcastic and serious tone: "There is only one question left. Will you repeat the final result of Spain and the Netherlands? "

In the championship prediction, Paul chose Spain, which beat Germany to enter the final, to become the champion of the 20 10 World Cup in South Africa.

In fact, Paul's name is not only widely circulated in the media, but even players dare not ignore its power. "Have you heard the story of the octopus that can only be predicted? It illustrates the result of this game. " In the mixed zone, an excellent Spanish journalist caught Spanish Defense Minister Ramos, as if he wanted to turn him into an octopus worshipper. I don't want Seville people to laugh: "Of course I know. Thank it for its optimism about us, long live the octopus! " He made a joke and then explained, "I'm not superstitious, but I still hope that the octopus who can only predict can continue to watch our final-because everyone thinks it brings us good luck." Luck is the key to success. " [5]

After Germany stopped in the semi-finals, disappointed German fans were ready to vent their anger on it. According to local media reports in Germany, some fans asked Paul octopus to be made into seafood for everyone to enjoy. And some fans are even more ruthless, throwing "Octopus Emperor" into the shark pond. [6]

Ultimate decisive battle

On July 9th, Beijing time 17: 00, Paul the Octopus at Oberhausen Aquarium in Germany predicted the World Cup finals and the third place battle in South Africa. In the first predicted World Cup third place battle, Paul did not "defect" like the semi-final, but chose a fish tank with a German flag, which indicated that Germany would beat Uruguay and win the third place. After completing this prediction, "Paul" is probably a little tired. After resting for about 25 minutes, it chose the fish tank with the Spanish flag without hesitation in the final prediction, and predicted that Spain would beat the Netherlands to win the championship. This is also the first time that "Paul" predicted the non-German team's match in this World Cup. It is also the second time that he chose Spain to pick the matador's fish tank before the semi-final.

Before Paul predicted the final result, the Dutch media Telegraph published the news that Paul chose the Dutch team. "Squidward Tentacles Paul, who guessed one hundred times in this World Cup, spoke again, and this time he chose the Netherlands." However, the falsification of telegrams is very tricky. At the end of the report, they wrote: "Let's not be too happy. After contacting Oberhausen Aquarium, we learned that' Paul' will make a final decision on Friday, hoping that it can choose the food in the Dutch team's box as it is now. " [7]

Paul octopus-forecast record

Paul octopus chose Germany to participate in the World Cup in South Africa.

Euro 2008

5 out of 6 times; Predictive success rate: 83%

Germany beats Poland in the first round of the group match. Prediction: Germany wins 2-0.

Prediction of Germany losing to Croatia in the second round of group stage: Germany 1-2 losing.

Prediction of Germany's victory over Austria at the end of the group stage: Germany 1-0.

1/4 The final forecast is that Germany wins Portugal. The result is that Germany wins 3-2.

Germany beat Turkey in the semi-final. Result: Germany won 3-2.

It is predicted that Germany will beat Spain in the final. The result is Germany 0- 1.

20 10 world cup

Seven combo; So far, the predicted success rate is 100%.

Germany beat Australia in the first round of the group stage: Germany won 4-0.

The prediction that Germany lost to Serbia in the second round of the group stage: Germany lost 0-/kloc-0.

Prediction of Germany's victory over Ghana at the end of the group stage: Germany 1-0.

The final of 1/8 predicted that Germany would beat England. Results: Germany won 4-/kloc-0.

1/4 The final forecast is that Germany wins Argentina. The result is that Germany wins 4-0.

It is predicted that Germany will lose to Spain in the semi-final: Germany will lose to Spain 0- 1 [8].

The third and fourth finalists predicted that Germany would win Uruguay. Result: Germany won 3-2.

Final prediction of Spain winning the Netherlands: to be determined.

Octopus Paul-prediction method

1. The marine librarian puts shells with German and Arabic flags in glass jars. Unlike the shell taken from Germany before the English game, Squidward Tentacles "Paul" hesitated about the confrontation between Germany and Argentina, "considered for an hour" but finally took out the shell with the German flag.

Paul has been staring at the glass jar with the German flag. It was not until he saw that we were going to take away both glass jars that he finally jumped into the glass jar containing the German flag shell, took it away and swallowed the mussel. A spokesman for the aquarium said that all these actions show that Saturday's game will be a very tough game, which may extend the game time and pass the penalty shootout. But in the end, Germany won.

Although the octopus "Paul" currently lives in Germany, the spokesman said that there is no need to worry that it will be biased towards the current country. Because it was born in Britain, it is the descendant of generations of immigrants, and its ancestors may even come from Argentina.

Octopus Paul-hot discussion among netizens

Thanks, Paul, a German Squidward Tentacles, became a big star in this World Cup, and his performance made Bailey feel that the mountain had fallen.

Paul octopus predicted that Germany would lose to Serbia in the World Cup group match. Later, netizen PS Paul chose Spain to beat Germany and chose this picture.

At present, there are only three people who can understand the trend of the World Cup: the banker, Paul the octopus and, of course, Xifeng.

In other words, Paul Octopus successfully predicted several victories in Germany and advanced to the semi-finals. Hearing this, China Football Association hired Paul at a high price to predict whether China can enter the 20 14 World Cup. Everything was ready, but Paul went into Japanese, Korean, Australian and Iranian glass jars in turn, but he didn't go into China glass jars. The Football Association was in a hurry and questioned the octopus. The octopus complained, "It's not that I don't want to go in. Your glass jar stinks. I really dare not go in. "

Because Squidward Tentacles successfully predicted that Germany would beat Argentina, the dish that Argentine fans want most now is "Squidward Tentacles stewed potato" (potato is Diego Diego Maradona's nickname).

On the day when Brazil was out, Argentines took to the streets to celebrate, as if they had defeated Brazil. Later, the Brazilians teased the Argentines for losing a goal. Now, all Argentines want to put this octopus named "Paul" in Bailey's mouth.

Smart businesses should launch Octopus packages at this time [9]

Paul Octopus-Scientific Interpretation

Because of the World Cup, Squidward Tentacles's "Paul" is red and purple. Why did Germans choose octopus instead of crocodiles, sharks, whales or giant salamanders? In fact, rigorous Germans all know that octopus is an extremely intelligent marine animal.

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Octopus has a well-developed brain and can distinguish itself in the mirror. It can also walk out of the maze designed by scientists and eat crabs outside the maze. It has three hearts, two memory systems and 500 million neurons in the brain, so it can be called an escape expert. In order to avoid being killed by predators, octopus will escape on two feet in addition to mimicry camouflage and wrist.

In the tropical waters of Indonesia, an octopus named Maginettes was photographed. In the face of danger or divers, this octopus will bend and fold six of its eight claws upward to make coconut shells, while the remaining two claws will stand on the bottom of the sea and secretly move backwards, just like a small moving coconut, and escape by retreating. This gesture is very interesting. Another octopus, Akulitus, is about the size of a walnut. It can also walk on two feet, but the other six feet extend outward to simulate the appearance of seaweed.

Obviously, the octopus's wrist has no joints, no bones or skeletal muscles, but it did it. Biologists believe that this kind of brachiopod activity of octopus is very unique, and its camouflage "skill" really needs a little "brain". It turns out that octopus has "conceptual thinking" and can solve complex problems by itself. This ability makes it have the ability to "walk" with both feet.

Because octopus is considered as the smartest invertebrate, Germans choose octopus to predict the World Cup.

In the 20 10 World Cup, Squidward Tentacles's "Paul" only predicted the German game, with five consecutive victories. It turns out that octopus prediction is a trick played by Germans. Some people may ask, why don't other countries use octopus to predict the victory or defeat of their teams? The answer is that the color of the German flag is exactly the color of octopus's favorite food.

Stable structural myoglobin is a necessary condition for octopus to survive in the deep sea. Octopus is keen to eat crustaceans such as shrimps and crabs because of astaxanthin. Astaxanthin is the strongest antioxidant and a necessary condition to ensure the structural stability of myoglobin from oxidation. Shrimp and crab are rich in astaxanthin, and the red substance of mature shrimp and crab is astaxanthin. So the rule of the game is that these foods must be in the container covered with the national flag to attract octopus to climb in.

Paul predicted that Germany would beat Uruguay to win the third place in the World Cup.

The German flag is black, red and Huang San, which is octopus's favorite food color. It is clearly two prawns hiding in the dark. He definitely prefers to attack such targets. The national flag of Australia is Deep Blue+Redmi. Octopus thought the food was too small to choose, so Australia lost. There is not only a red shrimp but also a red crab on the flag of Serbia. Octopus found it more attractive, so it didn't choose Germany, and Germany lost. It stands to reason that Ghana's national flag is similar to that of Germany, but it is precisely because of that five-star that the octopus thought it was impurity or dangerous and chose Germany instead, so Ghana lost to Germany. What about England? An eye-catching Red Cross offended Octopus, but prompted Octopus to choose Germany, and England was defeated. It's Argentina's turn. Without the color that attracts octopus, defeat is inevitable.

On July 6th, 2065438+00, Paul predicted that Germany had no chance to face Spain in the semi-final. Because the flag of Spain is three prawns and a crab. As a result, Squidward Tentacles chose Spain.

In the vast nature, almost all mollusks are color blind, and most of their eyes have degenerated. Octopus is obviously not color blind.

Octopus is rich in cone cells and rod cells, which can distinguish colors sharply. Octopus's eyes are very similar to those of vertebrates, including cornea, lens, iris and retina, which can focus and image. But it is different from vertebrate eyes because it focuses light by adjusting the distance between the lens and retina, while vertebrates focus light by changing the size of the lens. Octopus can recognize the shape, color and texture of objects. Another difference is that octopus's eyes have no blind spots, and its nerve cells are outside the eyeball. [ 10]

However, the above statement was refuted by the head of the aquarium. "The world seen by octopus is either black or white, so Paul's choice should have nothing to do with the color of the national flag. And this theory is scientifically proven. " Anna, one of the heads of the aquarium? Portman said. My god, the so-called theory of shrimp and crab color is actually a lie, but it has spread all over the world before. According to Anna? According to Portman, octopus generally likes to play, and its tentacles are very dexterous. After training, it can skillfully take things from boxes and even open bottles. [ 1 1]

Paul octopus-tidbits

Cultivate offspring

According to the staff of Oberhausen Aquarium, since Paul is two and a half years old and the average life span of octopus is only over three years old, if the living environment is ideal, it can only live for four years at most. So Paul will probably have to retire after predicting the 20 10 World Cup in South Africa. After all, it is difficult for him to catch up with the 20 12 European Cup at his age.

Paul the octopus "ruined" Germany's dream of winning the cup.

Is there any way to keep the magical "Paul prophecy" going? Yes, the plan to cultivate little Paul has become the top priority of Oberhausen Aquarium. According to the data, octopus belonging to mollusks has very special reproductive characteristics and can only have one reproductive opportunity in its life. The end of the wedding also means the coming of the funeral. Once the male and female mate, they will lose their appetite and die in about 7 ~ 10 days. 1 month later, the eggs can hatch into young children. However, they will never see their biological parents. Why is there such a regrettable result? Scientists have found that there are two very special glands behind the eye socket of this female fish, called "death glands". Scientists believe that this death gland is a "secret" tissue related to aging, but what is the relationship between fertility and death is still a mystery, just like why Paul has the gift of prophecy.

Paul's time is short. Love once and he will die. It is decided that Paul, who has been celibate for two and a half years, needs to find a suitable partner to shoulder another historical mission of giving birth to the next generation. With the help of Paul's magical prophecy gene, I believe that the future Paul should be able to take over the baton in Paul's hand and continue to predict the future for the German team's future competition trip. The only worry is that little Paul will never see Paul after he is born. Paul certainly can't teach the secret of prophecy through words and deeds. If little Paul wants to be a prophet, he can only teach himself without a teacher.