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A 2-year-old octopus oracle — born in England, but raised in Germany — has predicted a German victory over England in Sunday’s World Cup game. The mollusk named Paul chose a mussel out of a glass marked with the German flag over a mussel in a glass with the English St. George’s Cross, said Tanja Munzig, a spokeswoman for the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen. “He swam straight over to the German glass, climbed in and even put a lid on top once he was sitting inside.” Organizers of Friday’s event were analyzing why Paul covered the glass with a lid. “Either he was a bit ashamed that he gave up his Eng- lish roots so quickly,” Munzig said, “or he was just absolutely convinced about a fast, overwhelming German victory.”
