Octopus vs. Llama
More from this authorkayting This past weekend the Champions League Final result was predicated by a llama. Bayern vs Chelsea – the llama didn’t pick the favourites, instead it picked Chelsea. The llama was right. With the Euros just around the corner, it looks as if we have a contender to take the place of a deceased and widely popular psychic. That’s right, Paul the Octopus. (Visual, above right.) In 2010, as football enthusiasts’ blood pressure rose like mercury and the betting inclined cautiously considered the chances of the world’s finest football stars, an octopus took centre stage. Prediction after prediction coming true. With a perfect track record at predicting the World Cup matches, the question became: how is this possible? There is speculation that Paul picked winners based on flag design rather than psychic awareness. Though this doesn’t necessarily tell us how he managed to predict with such accuracy, it does draw attention to is the cerebral powers of octopuses.
