{"id":5877386,"date":"2011-07-18T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/?p=5877386"},"modified":"2014-01-31T07:20:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T15:20:14","slug":"no-replacement-found-for-paul-the-psychic-octopus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/pets-and-animals\/no-replacement-found-for-paul-the-psychic-octopus.html","title":{"rendered":"No Replacement Found for Paul the Psychic Octopus"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world thrilled to the antics of Paul the Octopus<\/a><\/strong> last year, the psychic cephalopod that correctly predicted a string of World Cup matches before his short two-year life came to an end. And it looks like there won’t be a reasonable replacement for the octopus any time soon… eight octopi who were recently auditioned for the replacement role<\/a><\/strong> failed to make the grade.<\/p>\n

The Standard reports:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the death of Paul the Octopus, the unlikely star of last year’s men’s football World Cup, the nonhuman psychic business has become a little fishy.\u00a0Many have tried to continue his legacy but just couldn’t follow in his footsteps.<\/p>\n

Among the candidates were eight octopuses in various aquariums in Germany.<\/p>\n

But all of them bombed out in the early stages of the women’s World Cup – including one named Paula, who backed Canada over Germany right in the first game. The Germans won 2-1.<\/p>\n

The only forecaster with a little credibility left is Nelly, an 18-month African elephant at Germany’s Hodenhagen Serengeti Park.<\/p>\n

A pair of zookeepers discovered her talent after accidentally hitting a football into her enclosure and she sent it soaring into the air.<\/p>\n

So before every Germany game they set up two goals marked with flags of contending countries. Whichever goal she knocked the ball into was tipped to lose.<\/p>\n

At first, picking winners proved to be peanuts – Nelly correctly predicted the outcome of every German match, including its loss to Japan.<\/p>\n

But the pachyderm prophet lost a lot of followers when her semifinal choices, Sweden and France, fell to Japan and the United States.<\/p>\n

Just for the sake of it, Nelly was still up for her final forecast – and she chose Japan to win it all last night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think\u2014will we ever see a replacement for Paul<\/a><\/strong>? Or will his legacy live on in eternity as the only, the greatest, the best psychic octopus there ever was?<\/p>\n

What’s ahead for your <\/em>psychic path?<\/strong> Try a psychic reading. Call 1.800.573.4830<\/span> or choose your psychic now. <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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