World Cup Octopus

Paul the octopus [1] Paul the octopus, who was born in England and grew up in Germany. Now he lives in Oberhausen Aquarium in Germany. Paul has "successfully predicted" Germany's victory over Australia and Ghana and loss to Serbia in the World Cup in South Africa, and Germany will beat Argentina in the quarter-finals. On the evening of July 3, Germany played against Argentina, and finally defeated Argentina 4- to enter the semi-finals. Then he successfully predicted that Germany would lose -1 against Spain. Finally, it was predicted that Germany defeated Uruguay 3-2. The prediction rate of this World Cup in South Africa is 1%, and 7 games are all right! He predicted the European Cup, the hit rate is 8%.

[ Edit this paragraph] Predicting matches

1. After continuously predicting the first four matches of the German team in this World Cup, the world-famous octopus "Paul" once again predicted that in the strong dialogue in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, the German team would beat the Argentine team led by Diego Maradona and advance to the semi-finals. 2. The performance of the octopus "Paul" seems to indicate that the showdown between the two teams is likely to be tied, and it will be decided by penalty kicks. In the end, Germany, which is good at penalty kicks, will win. In the quarter-finals of the last World Cup, Argentina and Germany drew 1-1 after 12 minutes, and Germany eliminated Argentina in the penalty shootout. Paul octopus predicted the results of the competition:

5 out of 6 in the p>28 European Cup

; Forecast success rate: 83% predicted that Germany would win Poland in the first round of the group match; predicted that Germany would lose Croatia in the second round of the group match; predicted that Germany would win Austria in the final round of the group match; predicted that Germany would win Portugal in the quarter-finals; predicted that Germany would win Turkey in the semi-finals; predicted that Germany would win Spain in the final round; predicted that Germany would win Spain in the final round; predicted that Germany would lose -1

. Prediction of success rate Up to now, 1% of the first round of the group match predicts that Germany wins Australia. Result: Germany wins 4- in the second round of the group match predicts that Germany loses Serbia. Result: Germany loses -1 in the final round of the group match predicts that Germany wins Ghana. Result: Germany wins 1- and 1/8 in the final match predicts that Germany wins England. Result: Germany wins 4-1. Octopus Paul predicts that Spain will win the championship. 1/ 4 Final Forecast Germany wins Argentina Result: Germany wins 4-, 21-7-8-2: 3-Semi-Final Forecast Germany loses Spain Result: Germany loses -1 [2] Championship Forecast Spain wins Netherlands Result: Unknown Third Place Competition Forecast Germany wins Uruguay Result: Germany successfully defends the third place 3-2 [2]

[ Edit this paragraph] Prediction method < p A flag's shell was put in a glass jar, which was different from the one that was taken out of Germany the fastest before the match against England. The octopus "Paul" was hesitant about the match between Germany and Argentina, and "considered for an hour" but finally took out the shell with the German flag. Paul Octopus predicts that Germany will eliminate England in one eighth. 2. Paul has been staring at the glass jar with the German flag. It was not until we saw that we were going to take both glass jars away that he finally jumped into the glass jar with the German flag shell, took it away and swallowed the mussel. A spokesman for the aquarium said that all his actions showed that Saturday's game would be a very difficult one, and it might be overtime and pass through penalty shoot-out. But in the end, Germany won. However, the final result was beyond everyone's expectation, and Germany beat Argentina 4-. 3. Although the octopus "Paul" currently lives in Germany, the spokesman said that there is no need to worry that he will prefer his current country. Because he was born in Britain, he is a "descendant of many generations of immigrants", and his ancestors may also come from Argentina. Forecast England VS Germany forecast Germany VS Argentina

[ Edit this paragraph] Century showdown

Century showdown between Paul the octopus and Bailey the octopus launched a century "prophecy" showdown before the German-Arab War. On July 1st, before the Germany-Albania War, Pele, the king of the ball, made a "golden mouth" again, claiming that he was optimistic about the German team in the Adebayor War. He also told the media: "The German team showed the world that they could play very beautiful offensive football in the European Cup two years ago, and they even convinced me of this in this World Cup." This inevitably frightened German fans, because Bailey's "prediction" always runs counter to the actual results. However, another prediction master of this World Cup, Paul the German octopus, sided with the German team before the game. In this World Cup, Paul the octopus, who was born in England and raised in Germany, guessed all the previous four matches of the German team correctly. In the face of Adebayor's war, after an hour of "deliberation", he chose Germany as the final winner. The results of the game also proved that Paul the octopus was stronger than Pele's crow mouth, and Germany successfully eliminated Argentina and reached the semi-finals. This also made Argentine fans very dissatisfied. They claimed on the website that they would cook and eat this star octopus living in Oberhausen Aquarium.

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The Albanian media became angry and wanted to cook it. With the German team's success in the World Cup, the lucky star of the German team, a magical octopus named Paul, was gradually known to fans all over the world. Prior to this, this octopus had successfully predicted the German team's defeat against Ghana and England. Of course, the defeat against Serbia did not escape Paul's prediction. Before the game, Paul predicted that Serbia would win the game, and the Serbs lived up to expectations and won the focus battle with excellent performance. Before the game, Paul's extraordinary predictive ability aroused the fear of the Argentine media. The Daily even wrote this magical octopus into the menu with resentment: "We only need four ordinary potatoes, olive oil and a little pepper. These alone are enough to make Paul fall into trouble. " Star chef Nicholas Bedro wrote cruelly on his Facebook: "We have to catch it and put it on paper. Then we beat the octopus so that it can make predictions according to our ideas. Finally, soak it in boiling water. " Obviously, Argentines can't wait to turn this octopus named Paul into "seafood soup". No wonder Argentines hate this octopus so much. Paul's superb prediction ability is really frightening: before each game, Paul will make a choice in the glass jar marked with the national flags of the two sides, and the convenience Paul chooses will become the winner of the game. In Germany's previous four games, Paul's prediction was completely correct. Therefore, when Paul chose the glass jar marked with the German flag before the game, all German fans could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, while the Argentines were inevitably nervous. Sure enough, the boys of the German team didn't live up to Mr. Octopus's trust. Argentina, the popular candidate, was promoted to the semi-finals of the World Cup, and Paul the Magical Octopus continued to write his own prediction legend. Now, when the German team launched the final impact on the title of world champion, people will also not forget Mr. Paul's contribution. Now it seems that the Germans must take good care of the "lucky star" of this team, because the losing Argentines are eager to make it into "seafood soup".

[ Edit this paragraph] Latest forecast

Paul predicted the second final [3] Paul predicted the second final 2[4] Paul the octopus predicted that Spain beat Germany to advance to the final. At 11 noon local time in Germany on July 6th (17: Beijing time on the 6th), the octopus from Oberhausen Aquarium, which attracted much attention, was dispatched. This octopus named Paul predicted Germany and Spain in the semi-finals of the World Cup, and finally Paul chose Spain. When the World Cup is in full swing, no one would have thought that so many people in the world would care about an octopus and care so much about his prediction. Since the World Cup started, Paul, who lives in Oberhausen Aquarium, Germany, has predicted all the matches of the German team, and the probability of guessing is 1% so far. As the game entered the semi-final stage, fans concerned about the team's victory and defeat began to track Paul's every move. The staff of Oberhausen Aquarium informed in advance that the semi-final "Octopus Action" was at 11: local time on the 6th. 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, Germany made a live text broadcast of "Octopus Action" on the website, which attracted the attention of a large number of netizens. In the end, octopus Paul chose Spain, and the live broadcast member of the website announced the results and said, "I hope the boys of Loew can turn the situation around and save this semi-final." However, in the Euro 28, Paul was wrong when he predicted the match between Germany and Spain. But in the end, Paul magically predicted success. Spain won 1- in Germany, so now he wants to turn Paul octopus into a "seafood soup" and become a German ... Paul's latest prediction: the champion and third runner-up will be in the afternoon of July 9, and Paul predicted the final and third runner-up battle of the World Cup in South Africa. Paul predicted that the third runner-up would belong to Paul predicted that the champion would belong to Paul

[ Edit this paragraph] "The Prophet"

can be called the best "Prophet" in the World Cup. In the early morning of July 8, Beijing time, Spain beat Germany 1- and advanced to the World Cup final, which is expected to win the world championship for the first time. Coupled with this game, Paul Octopus's six predictions for the German team in this World Cup are all correct, and the correct rate is as high as 1%, which is surprising and can be called the best "predictor" of the World Cup. At present, Paul Octopus has made 12 predictions, and 11 of them are correct, with the accuracy as high as 92%, and the accuracy is comparable to that of a computer. Of course, all the 12 games predicted by Paul Octopus finally won, and there was no draw, which is enough to highlight the correct rate of Squidward Tentacles's prediction. [5]

[ Edit this paragraph] Scientific interpretation

Because of the World Cup, the octopus "Paul" can be described as red and purple. Why did the Germans choose not crocodiles, sharks, whales or giant salamanders, but octopus to predict the game? In fact, rigorous Germans know that octopus is an extremely intelligent marine animal. Octopus Octopus has a well-developed brain, which can distinguish itself in the mirror, and can also walk out of the maze designed by scientists and eat crabs outside the maze. It has three hearts, two memory systems, and 5 million neurons in its brain, so it can be called an escape expert. In order to avoid being killed by predators, octopus will use two feet to escape besides mimicry camouflage and wrist. In the tropical waters of Indonesia, someone photographed an octopus named Maginettes. 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 seabed and secretly move backwards, like a small coconut that can move, and flee by stepping backwards. The gesture is very funny. Another octopus, Akulitus, which is the size of a walnut, 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 and no bones or skeletal muscles, but it has done 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" on two feet. Because octopus is considered to be the most intelligent invertebrate, Germans choose octopus to predict the World Cup. In the 21 World Cup, the octopus "Paul" only predicted the game in Germany and won five consecutive victories. It turns out that octopus prediction is a trick played by Germans. Some people may ask why other countries don't use octopus to predict the victory or defeat of their own 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 on eating crustaceans such as shrimp and crab because of astaxanthin. Astaxanthin is the strongest antioxidant and a necessary condition to ensure the structural stability of myoglobin without oxidation. Shrimp and crab are rich in astaxanthin, and the red substance of ripe shrimp and crab is astaxanthin. Therefore, the rule of the game is that there must be these foods in the container covering the national flag to attract octopus to climb in. The German flag is black, red and yellow, which is the favorite food color of octopus, and it is clearly two prawns hiding in the dark. He must prefer to attack such a target. Australia's flag is dark blue+red rice. Octopus thinks the food is too small to choose, so Australia loses. The flag of Serbia has not only a red shrimp, but also a red crab. Octopus thinks it is more attractive, so Germany was not chosen, 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 thinks there are impurities or dangers, and instead chooses Germany, so Ghana loses to Germany. What about England? An eye-catching red cross was offensive to octopus, but it prompted octopus to choose Germany, and England was defeated. It's Argentina's turn, and there is no color that attracts octopus, and the defeat is inevitable. On July 6th, 21, before "Paul" predicted, some people analyzed that Germany had no chance to play Spain in the semi-final. Because the flag of Spain is three prawns and a crab. As a result, Squidward Tentacles did choose Spain. But this does not explain why "Paul" gave up Spain and chose Germany in the 28 European Cup. 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 be focused and imaged. However, 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 shapes, shades of colors and textures of objects. Another difference is that octopus's eyes have no blind spots, and its nerve cells are outside the eyeball. [6]