[11] Under the hypothesis that Paul was equally likely to choose the winner or the loser of a match, and neglecting the possibility of a draw, he had a 1 in 2 chance of predicting a single result and a 1 in 64 chance of predicting six in a row. The death threats have done nothing to frighten Paul, claimed his caretaker, Oliver Walenciak. As of August 2012, the "Paul, The Psychic Octopus" Facebook page has accumulated over 199,000 likes. The specific natural cause of death was boredom due to watching and predicting soccer games. Explaining how such a deception could have been perpetrated, she added: "[Octopuses] all look the same. Paul became famous around the world for correctly "choosing" the winner of Germany's seven matches at the 2010 World Cup, as well as the final.. During the divinations, Paul was shown two boxes with a mussel inside them, for food. Paul the Octopus. After his remains were cremated, a small burial plot was placed at … Photograph: Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images, the news that the "psychic" octopus – who made such a splash over the summer by successfully predicting the results of World Cup games – passed away. Paul the Octopus has died.. You may recall that after the octopus astoundingly predicted the winner of seven straight World Cup matches this summer, President Ahmadinejad bizarrely called Paul “a symbol of all that is wrong with the western world.”. Death of psychic octopus who proved a hit during the World Cup triggers claim of cover-up, Paul the octopus swimming through his aquarium in Oberhausen, western Germany, during the World Cup. Each container was marked with the flag of a team, one the flag of Germany, and the other the flag of Germany's opponent. [33][34], Mani the parakeet of Singapore became famous for correctly predicting the results of all four quarter-final matches. Whichever box Paul ate from first was considered his prediction for which team would win the match. Professor Chris Budd, of the University of Bath, and Professor David Spiegelhalter, of Cambridge University, have both compared Paul's apparent success to a run of luck when tossing a coin. "We have been keeping in touch with the German aquarium ever since the beginning [of production] but it seemed to me that they were afraid," she said. Paul is due to be cremated in the next few days. Death. [11], There was discussion as to whether differences in flags design could have influenced Paul[12][13][14][15] (despite Octopus vulgaris being almost certainly colour blind[16]), or whether he could have been choosing boxes based on differences in their smell. http://www.onelineheadline.com Paul correctly predicted the outcome of the semi-final, by choosing the food in the box marked with the Spanish flag. Jiang told the Guardian she was "60 to 70% sure" Paul had died in July and been secretly replaced by his keepers. A German news agency reported the octopus that gained world fame by correctly predicting World Cup results has died. "He will survive." Somewhere, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is celebrating. They can use tools, learn through observation, and are particularly sensitive to pain, according to the group. 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", Octopus Rabio's tipping tentacles on target for all Japan's World Cup Games, "Paul the World Cup octopus dies in his tank in Germany", "Paul the octopus is dead – but conspiracy theories are thriving", "Movie "Kill Octopus Paul" takes look at soccer betting", "Belgium vs Algeria Google doodle remembers Paul the 'psychic' Octopus", "Is today's World Cup final Google doodle carrying a hidden message? He says the Paul had been working deep undercover (under a rock in the bottom of the aquarium, to be exact) and had been about to release the names of all the octopi killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in secret operations by the CIA, using bottle-nosed dolphins and other known predators of cephalopods. "If he did, he kept it to himself," she said. Sea Life Centre manager Stefan Porwoll remembered Paul as an octopus who had "enthused people across every continent". This feat would be unlikely to happen by chance alone, but not hugely so. But for fans of Paul the psychic octopus, the news of his sudden death yesterday was a shock. The animals at the Chemnitz Zoo were wrong on all of Germany's group-stage games, with Leon the porcupine picking Australia, Petty the pygmy hippopotamus spurning Serbia's apple-topped pile of hay, and Anton the tamarin eating a raisin representing Ghana. [27], Doubts were expressed as to whether it was actually the same octopus in 2010 as it had been in 2008. His keepers at the Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany, mainly tasked him with predicting the outcomes of international matches in which the Germany national football team was playing. As per the reports, he died of natural causes. [3][9] In the lead-up to Germany's international football matches, Paul was presented with two clear plastic boxes, each containing food: a mussel or an oyster. [22] The prediction led to German fans calling for Paul to be eaten. Paul the octopus, who predicted the outcome of eight matches at the 2010 World Cup, has died at an aquarium in Germany. He was represented as in heaven, perched on a billowy bed of clouds and adorned with a halo; when animated, he appeared to vacillate in his predictions for the day's matches. Paul the Octopus, who fascinated soccer fans by predicting World Cup results, has died. Paul was rather special but we managed to film Paul before he left this mortal earth". Sea Life Centre manager Stefan Porwoll remembered Paul as an octopus who had "enthused people across every continent". He made many accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup which brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle.. During divinations, Paul's keepers would present him with two boxes containing food.Each box was identical except for … [3] Paul predicted the winners of each of the seven 2010 FIFA World Cup matches that the German team played, against Australia, Serbia, Ghana, England, Argentina, Spain,[20] and Uruguay. They said it would be cruel to keep Paul in permanent confinement. He also correctly chose Spain as the winner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final. [6], Following Paul's rise to fame, businessmen in Carballiño, a community in Galicia, collected about €30,000 for a "transfer fee" to get Paul as main attraction of the local Fiesta del Pulpo festival. No sooner had death's tentacles slackened their grip on Paul's squidgy body than the first conspiracy theory concerning his demise emerged like a cephalopod from a crevice. [28], Some other German oracles did not fare so well in the World Cup. He died a simple and straightforward death.". Paul the octopus, who had a short stint of fame during the recent World Cup, died of natural causes in his aquarium at the Sea Life Center aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany. Paul Octopus Dead Germany: Paul the octopus, who took away the millions heart of football fans during the football World Cup earlier this year, has died here in Germany. There are always people who want to eat our octopus but he is not shy and we are here to protect him as well. Paul Allen Getty Images Billionaire Microsoft co-founder and Seattle sports mogul Paul Allen died from septic shock, a condition that can be agonizingly painful, … "It's certainly not true that Paul died in the summer," said a spokeswoman for the aquarium. Sealife rejected the offer nevertheless.[8]. "We've already set up a condolence book where people can write their tributes to Paul," she said. He was about two and a half, which is the average age for an octopus. The cause of death was natural causes. He will survive. [25][26], Paul's notoriety attracted criticism from the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who accused him of being a symbol of Western decadence and decay. Hatched in Weymouth, England (2008) to two loving parents, Paul's main claim to fame was his alleged ability to \"predict\" football match results, in particular matches concerning Germany, beginning with the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament, in which he called the right outcome four out of six times. His agent, Chris Davies, said "It's a sad day. It is impossible to tell the difference.". Paul was born (hatched actually) in January of 2008 and died recently in October of this year making him approximately 147 weeks old or almost three years. An octopus has a fairly short lifetime, and some species live for as little as six months. "The movie is about unveiling the inside story behind the octopus miracle, so they felt nervous. Mani contradicted Paul by picking the Netherlands to win the final, resulting in some media outlets describing the game as an "octopus-versus-parakeet showdown". During divinations, Paul's keepers would present him with two boxes containing food. Jiang declined to explain why she believed Paul had died in July — or to say more about the revelations in the movie. Paul the octopus's prediction that Germany would beat his native England in the World Cup was accurate though, some would say, not a difficult task. German supporters drew hope from his incorrect choice for the Germany versus Spain match in the UEFA Euro 2008 but were disappointed. Not only did he inspire gamblers 'round the planet during the World Cup, in his death he's inspiring the punning mourners of Twitter and Facebook. Paul was rather special but we managed to film Paul before he left this mortal earth". The box which Paul opened first (and ate its contents) was deemed to be the predicted winner of the match. Pictures: The life and death of Paul the Octopus. The world weeps for the timely death of Paul the Octopus, the great psychic of the deep. Arianne Vieregge, who is the spokesperson for the aquarium where Paul died ,declared that the octopus was … The British-born oracle, who … The original Paul correctly predicted the outcome of eight matches at the World Cup, including Germany's victory over England. Oct 26, 2010 at 8:57 AM . His ashes will be placed in an urn and displayed in a shrine, along with a portrait and video clips from his life, the spokeswoman added. "There was something about the way he looked at our visitors when they came close to the tank. Sea Life Centres responded that it would be dangerous to release him, because he was born in captivity, and was not accustomed to finding food for himself. Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images Paul the Octopus, who went a perfect 8 for 8 in World Cup picks before retiring, died on Tuesday at the aquarium in Germany where he lived. The German octopus was 100% correct on his predictions on Germany’s World Cup matches, and also correctly predicted various other matches, including Spain’s winning of the title. Not everyone, it seems, is prepared to accept the news that the "psychic" octopus – who made such a splash over the summer by successfully predicting the results of World Cup games – passed away on Monday in the comfort of the German aquarium he called home. Larger species, such as the North Pacific Giant Octopus, may live for up to five years under suitable circumstances. Some later sources reported his success rate at 80%. [7] Manuel Pazo, a fisherman and head of the local business club assured people that Paul would be presented alive in a tank and not on the menu. He died of natural causes His fame spawned clothing lines and mobile phone apps Berlin, Germany (CNN) -- Paul the Octopus, who correctly predicted the … He failed to predict their defeats by Croatia in the group stage,[18] and by Spain in the championship's final. [2] In all, Paul amassed an overall record of 12 correct predictions out of 14: a success rate of approximately 85.7%. But what of the rumours that Paul had pulled off one last magnificent psychic coup by predicting his own death? He probably saw it coming. Management and staff of the aquarium were said to be devastated by the news of his death. Death threats were even made against Paul, many of which cruelly suggested cooking him and turning him into calamari. The octopus died of natural causes at a ripe old age — for octopuses, anyway. The boxes were identical except that they were decorated with the different team flags of the competitors in an upcoming football match. 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. Paul was last checked by staff on 25 October 2010, and was in good health, but the following morning he was found dead. Paul the Octopus (said to be hatched January 2008 at Oberhausen, Germany– 26 October 2010) was an octopus living in a tank at a Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany. His prediction that Argentina would lose prompted Argentine chef Nicolas Bedorrou to post an octopus recipe on Facebook. In that doodle, clicking on the clouds in the upper left brings up an image of Paul, similar to that in the earlier doodle, "cheering" on the final from heaven. [42] Paul was again featured on 13 July in the doodle for the 2014 final. "There are always people who want to eat our octopus but he is not shy and we are here to protect him as well," Walenciak said. Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus who supposedly predicted the results of association football matches. "The most probable cause of death was suffocation by soft cloth, and there's no evidence to conclude choking to death by eating the octopus," a court spokesman said. The German news agency dapd said Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 the death of Paul the Octopus was announced by the aquarium in Oberhausen. .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}. He was about two and a half, which is the average age for an octopus. According to Jiang Xiao, the director of a forthcoming thriller entitled Who Killed Paul the Octopus?, the creature had really been dead for the last three months. [23][24] In response, the Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero offered to send Paul official state protection, and the Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian called for Paul to be given safe haven in Spain. [38][39], In 2010, uTouchLabs developed an iPhone app called "Ask the Octopus". A little more than a year after his death, the course he charted for doing so remains a closely guarded secret, its execution a complex, high-stakes work in progress. Jiang said she thought it was "kind of strange" that news of Paul's death had broken not long after the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre in western Germany had contacted her team to say they were keen to co-operate on the international distribution of her film. Paul correctly chose the winning team in four of Germany's six Euro 2008 matches, and all seven of their matches in the 2010 World Cup—including Germany's third place play-off win over Uruguay on 10 July. Paul is due to be cremated in the next few days. He was aged two-and-a-half, a normal lifespan for the species. Paul had reached the octopus old age of 2 1/2 years and died in his tank yesterday morning at the Sea Life aquarium in the western German city of … Her allegations of submarine jiggery-pokery met with polite bafflement in Germany today. He died a simple and straightforward death." "For the movie, we had done quite a lot of investigation and I am 60% to 70% sure that Paul died on 9 July [two days before the World Cup final] and the Germans have been covering up his death and fooling us for a long time.". [41], On 17 June 2014, during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Paul was featured in a Google "doodle". Paul Walker, who starred in the Fast & Furious action film series, is killed along with a friend in a car crash north of Los Angeles. [4], According to Sea Life's entertainment director, Daniel Fey, Paul demonstrated intelligence early in life: He died of natural causes last week. Paul was found dead in his tank this morning. [35][36], Rabio the Octopus who correctly predicted the results of all of Japan’s group stage games at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, was killed and sent to market, on 2 July 2018 by the Japanese fisherman who had caught it. A true prophet (with authentic gypsy goddess roots), Paul never shied away from proclaiming the truth even if it would be an unpopular result. Spiegelhalter points out that there are "other animals that have attempted but failed to predict the outcome of football matches"; it is not remarkable that one animal is more successful than the others, and only the successful animals will gain public attention after the fact. Julian Assange from the Wikileaks website says Paul's death was no accident, nor the result of old age. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle. It was so unusual, so we tried to find out what his special talents were. [17][14], In UEFA Euro 2008, Paul predicted Germany to win all of their games, a correct prediction in 4 out of 6 cases. Fan Art. “Management and staff at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre were devastated to discover that oracle octopus Paul, who achieved global renown … On October 26th, 2010, Paul died in his sleep due to natural causes at his aquarium in Germany. His agent, Chris Davies, said "It's a sad day. He was aged two-and-a-half, a normal lifespan for the species. This is reaching the end of the ideal life span for an octopus. [3] [43], A common octopus used to predict the results of association football matches, Paul, next to a football boot with the German flag colours, in his. Paul was hatched from an egg at the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth, England, and was then moved to a tank at one of the chain's centres at Oberhausen in Germany. Paul's career as an oracle began during the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament. [10] There was no method for Paul to pick a draw, despite this being a possible outcome for group stage matches. [3][nb 1], Paul's accurate choices for the 2010 World Cup, broadcast live by German news channel n-tv, endowed him with celebrity status. Actually, given the amount of time that passed Paul was getting on in years. "Muere el pulpo Paul [Paul the Octopus dies]", "Psychic octopus Paul predicts Spain to beat Holland in World Cup final", "Paul the World Cup 'psychic' octopus: Rock The Week |", "PETA demands Paul, the World Cup-predicting octopus, be set free", bieten 30.000 Euro Ablösesumme für "Pulpo Paul", "Paul the octopus chooses Spain over Germany", "Weymouth's psychic octopus Paul is no sucker", "Darum hat sich Krake Paul für Spanien entschieden", "What are the chances Paul the octopus is right? "We can absolutely assure you that he died last night. In honor of that … Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008[1] – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus used to predict the results of association football matches. [37], Paul was last checked by staff on 25 October 2010, and was in good health, but the following morning he was found dead. "[5], The animal rights organisation PETA commented that octopuses are some of the most intelligent of invertebrates, with complex thought processes, long- and short-term memories, and different personalities. [40], A 2010 Chinese thriller film Kill Octopus Paul depicts Paul's predictions as being part of an international match-fixing scheme. Paul the Octopus “appears to have passed away peacefully during the night, of natural causes, and we are consoled by the knowledge that he enjoyed a good life here,” the statement said. The death of the internationally known Paul the Octopus has been surrounded by a conspiracy theory that he had died earlier than announced, The Guardian reports. [3] Paul's name derived from the title of a poem by the German children's writer Boy Lornsen: Der Tintenfisch Paul Oktopus. ", "German fans want revenge grilling of oracle octopus", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_the_Octopus&oldid=1015409767, Articles with dead external links from May 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with dead external links from December 2016, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 April 2021, at 09:31. ... Octopus… Paul the Octopus was murdered by the CIA, he was about to reveal the truth behind the Kennedy killing, and no one can convince me otherwise — Ferdinand (@FJGLeng) October 25, 2017 As with many of the greats, he only became truly revered once he was gone. His special talents were to keep Paul in permanent confinement, nor the result of old age more about revelations. 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