Octopus picks Spain to win

[Slainte]

The Germans will make sushi out of him or will send Paul on a trip to North Korea

[maersksealand]

the octopus is something germans do. they only have him pick who will win when germany is playing. So, since Germany is going home, he won't be picking anymore winners.

unless there is a losers bracket. which there could be, I have no clue about the world cup, I just make bank when Paul tells me to.

There is Germany-Uruguay brother

[Wilforth]

Urgently needed

Octopus tennis picks!

[pavyracer]

How long does an octopus live for? He was around for Euro 2008 - I wonder if he'll be around for Euro 2012. Lucky or not, he's got a better record than the soccer 'pros' on here for the WC.

I'm holding two futures for Spain +470 and Netherlands +1175 to win the cup and I'm not even an octopus.

[OmgUrMom]

your not an octopus pavy!?

nice job on the futures

[sockeye]

Octopus 6 win zero lose in world cup and 5 win 1 lose in euro

[maersksealand]

Paul the octopus over 300% profit so far

Not bad, not bad at all. In the meantime our colleagues at the Soccer Forum went broke before the group stage even ended.

[BROOKLYN BOY]

Since he is 70-80% overall and he is picking 100% this world cup its time he starts regressing to the mean

This is like brock with his rubberband plays

He's not human so this logic doesn't apply to him. He has an extra sense that we cant conceive of.

[thebayareabeast]

Hes getting lucky people. Get real.

[0hndycp]

this is so funny and so far a solid money maker!!!

[BROOKLYN BOY]

Intelligence

Main article: Cephalopod intelligence
Octopuses are highly intelligent, likely more so than any other order of invertebrates. The exact extent of their intelligence and learning capability is much debated among biologists,[5][6][7][8] but maze and problem-solving experiments have shown that they do have both short- and long-term memory. Their short lifespans limit the amount they can ultimately learn. There has been much speculation to the effect that almost all octopus behaviors are independently learned rather than instinct-based, although this remains largely unproven. They learn almost no behaviors from their parents, with whom young octopuses have very little contact.

An octopus opening a container with a screw cap


An octopus has a highly complex nervous system, only part of which is localized in its brain. Two-thirds of an octopus's neurons are found in the nerve cords of its arms, which have a remarkable amount of autonomy. Octopus arms show a wide variety of complex reflex actions arising on at least three different levels of the nervous system. Unlike vertebrates, the complex motor skills of octopuses in their higher brain are not organized using an internal somatotopic map of its body.[9] Some octopuses, such as the mimic octopus, will move their arms in ways that emulate the movements of other sea creatures.
In laboratory experiments, octopuses can be readily trained to distinguish between different shapes and patterns. They have been reported to practice observational learning,[10] although the validity of these findings is widely contested on a number of grounds.[5][6] Octopuses have also been observed in what some have described as play: repeatedly releasing bottles or toys into a circular current in their aquariums and then catching them.[11] Octopuses often break out of their aquariums and sometimes into others in search of food. They have even boarded fishing boats and opened holds to eat crabs.[7]
In some countries, octopuses are on the list of experimental animals on which surgery may not be performed without anesthesia. In the UK, cephalopods such as octopuses are regarded as honorary vertebrates under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and other cruelty to animals legislation, extending to them protections not normally afforded to invertebrates.[12]
The octopus is the only invertebrate which has been conclusively shown to use tools. At least four specimens of the Veined Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) have been witnessed retrieving discarded coconut shells, manipulating them, and then reassembling them to use as shelter. This discovery was documented in the journal Current Biology and has also been caught on video

[thebayareabeast]

The Octopus should start making demands in exchange for picks.

[EaglesPhan36]

You are powering posting like crazy.

[tltaylor89]

Thta shit is crazy

[Sawyer]

Octopus said he will go tout and charge for his plays lol

[SaffaCappa]

I fear for Paul the Octopus' life. Cant be pleasant in Germany tonight ...

I have been outcapped by a sea creature

[bygspenda]

Yep. Could do with a few of those myself

[hokim]

We don't need to have players playing on the ground, spending million dollars. Let the octopus decide the winner and FIFA give the cup to the selected winner.

[OverUnder]

[aceking]

i got screwed by a fvcking octopus .

fvck him .

[Jimmy0607]

I'm holding two futures for Spain +470 and Netherlands +1175 to win the cup and I'm not even an octopus.

Yeah me too

[OverUnder]

We don't need to have players playing on the ground, spending million dollars. Let the octopus decide the winner and FIFA give the cup to the selected winner.

[plays]

Wow he has picked every game so far, I heard he was a tout and had a handicappers service. Now if I could only remember that companys name???????????hmmmmm

[yankeerick]

a winner is a winner,i dont see too many of those,

[Bookiller]

wow, can't believe this octopus, i wonder what the next pick will be,,,

[pico]

i tihnk he is done. octopus only pick german games. maybe he'll do one for german-uraguay game.

[stealthyburrito]

octopus is the fukkin man

[nobshine]

After Germany scored 4 in last game I thought this one would be Spains.

[Winnipeg Jets]

good///the octopus loves majority "white teams".

[OverUnder]

octopus is the fukkin man

[davidchong]

[thebayareabeast]

[yanksfan]

Thats the coolest story. I wish i had known about this.

[mikejamm]

Man I knew I should have went with octo soccer damn it! Dude is the shit! Face it fellas, octopus intelligence for capping games, is on a whole......'nother.....level!

[sportfan]

dam octopus was right again , cant wait to see his next pick..lol