Osminog Paul predicted the outcome of the 2010 World Cup (video)

The world-famous octopus Paul, accurately guessing the winners of the 2010 World Cup, predicted the results of the mundial. Without any hesitation, he "announced" that the Spanish team would win in a Sunday match with the Netherlands team. Paul gave the third place at the championship to his compatriots - the Germans, in his opinion, will win in the comforting final against Uruguay.

As before, two feeders with national flags were offered an octopus. The eight-legged oracle, which lives in the oceanarium of the West German city of Oberhausen, quickly opened the box with food on which the flag of Spain flaunted, ITAR-TASS reports.

- schedule and results of matches, the results of the group tournament
- The octopus tried to disgrace scandalous photos on the Internet
- announced applicants for the title of best football player of the 2010 World Cup

The match of Uruguay -Germania, judging by the actions of the octopus, will be dramatic - Paul did not immediately prefer the "German" container with the oyster. First, he climbed onto the box decorated with a German flag, then climbed onto the box with the Uruguayan flag. It seemed that he was about to open it, which would mean the victory of the only South American team that reached the semifinals of the 2010 World Cup. But then Paul again moved to the German box and opened it to relieve millions of German fans.

It is noteworthy that this ceremony was transmitted live by many German and foreign television channels. Earlier, the oracular octopus with absolute accuracy was predicted by the outcome of all matches of the German national team, including two defeats - from national Serbia and Spain.

Paul, who has the intelligence of a two -year -old child, shame many football experts. In particular, he disgraced the German professor of mathematics, predicting the Germans that failed with mathematical accuracy over the Spaniards. Those who did not believe in the ability of an octopus were brutally mistaken: one German fan who relied in contrary to Paul’s prediction, after a match with Spain, lost 500 thousand euros on the totalizator .

Note that Paul risks very much, trying to guess the outcome of the final match of the 2010 World Cup. Previously, clairvoyant Mollusk predicted only the fate of the German national team. It is not clear whether his magical abilities work in regarding the national teams of Spain and the Netherlands.

Osminog in danger - the Spanish prime minister stood up for it

The life of the official oracle of the German national team at the World Cup - the Osminoga Paul - was in jeopardy after he predicted the defeat of the Bundestim in the semifinal match against the Spaniards.

Dissatisfied fans vied with vying began to offer recipes for dishes that can be prepared from it. Some want to make soup from the world famous mollusk, others - a salad.

“If I worry the predictor, then this will bring our guys good luck,” said one of the fans who wants to buy Paul. “There is nothing to do bad predictions.”

After the defeat of the German national team in the semifinals of the 2010 World Cup, German fans threatened to kill Paul ozminog. Upon learning of this, Spain Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Sapatero defended the medium.

The official joked that he was thinking about sending a special team to protect the octopus.

But the Minister of Environment and Fisheries of Spain Elena Espinosa quite seriously stated that she intends to make a proposal to ban Paul to eat. With the appropriate initiative, she intends to perform on the next Monday on the Council of Ministers of the EU countries.

What's inside the octopus: blue blood and three hearts

Octopuses belong to the detachment of two -seamous cephalopods living in the seas and oceans. They are called cephalopods because their tentacles are located on their heads. They are also called "sea aristocrats", since they have blue blood. Such an unusual color is explained by the fact that in red blood cells and plasma instead of hemoglobin contains hemocial, in which iron is replaced by copper, RIA Novosti says.

In addition, nature supplied these animals with three hearts. The main of them, consisting of one ventricle and two atria, nourishes all organs, the frequency of its contractions is 30-36 beats per minute. All types of octopuses have a fairly large brain consisting of 14 shares covered with the rudimentary bark of gray cells ("depot" memory) and a reliably protected cartilaginous skull.

None of the inhabitants of the sea do not have such keen eyes as the octopus and his relatives. The eyes of the octopus are very expressive. Apparently, therefore, they are often compared with human ones. During a deep sleep, the octopus does not close the eyes, but only greatly narrows the pupils. His breathing slows down, all the tentacles, except for the two lower ones, he presses to the body. Two lower "hands" spread to the sides perform a guard function. Touching them, as well as the slightest fluctuation of water act on a sleeping octopus like an alarm clock.

The octopus has eight hands, each of which on average contains up to 50 million neurons that make up a single system with the brain. With the help of the side limbs, octopuses are very deftly "go" along the bottom. The brain gives "hands" the team only by the beginning of movement. The very decision on his character, speed and direction, each individual “hand” makes it independently. Moreover, even tentacles cut off from the body continue to perform previously programmed actions.

Usually octopuses swim slowly, but in case of danger they can move at a speed of 15 km/h.

One of the most interesting features of octopuses is its ability to change the color of the body, which allows instantly copying the colors of the surrounding objects. This mechanism is provided by the presence of elastic skin cells - chromatophores filled with black, brown, red, orange and yellow pigments.