Oracle Octopus Receives Death Threats!

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Oh no!

The eight-legged oracle picked Germany's rival Spain to beat Germany in the quarterfinal, which he was right about, and has now chosen Spain to win the whole World Cup tournament. Germans have reacted by posting death threats and calamari recipes on Twitter and the internet, People reported....

Paul has been perfect this tournament. Although his recent choices have left many Germans wishing he was an appetizer, he has won new friends on the Iberian Peninsula.

"We are in love with it," Spainish midfielder Sergio Busquets said to the AP. "(we) want to name it Pablo."

The Spanish government has even xtended asylum to the canny cephalopod after his quarterfinal pick, "so that the Germans don't eat him," environmental minister Elena Espinosa said.

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wow lol... just wow

 

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There are always those who insist on shooting the messenger!

 

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The nation's graduates may be teetering towards unemployment, but at least one British-born youngster isn't worried about his professional prospects. Two-year-old Paul the Octopus, who correctly predicted eight results at this year's World Cup, has been inundated with job offers. Like all octupi, Paul has three hearts and eight legs – but unlike most, he has got an infinite choice of career paths.

"There's a company in Japan that wants exclusive rights to use Paul's name on fortune-telling booths," says a spokesman for Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, where Paul resides. Betting company Paddy Power has also asked to ship him to Ireland, a group of Spanish businessmen want him to take pride of place in their restaurant's fish tank, and it's only a matter of time before the bidding war for the new Premier League season starts. What price Paul the Octopus sitting between Alans Hansen and Shearer on the Match of the Day sofa come the autumn?

Sea Life, however, is keeping mum about his prospects. "His daily routine will always involve opening boxes, so we're not ruling anything out," a spokesman says. "But for now he'll be enjoying a period of much-needed rest from the media spotlight. We're not moving him."

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