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Which of these animals will be this year's Paul the Psychic Octopus?
Posted Thursday, June 07, 2012 by The Telegraph

Which of these animals will be this year's Paul the Psychic Octopus?

Water winger: the Germans, once again, have turned to the animal kingdom ahead of a major football tournament. Following the success of Paul the Psychic Octopus at the 2008 World Cup finals they are turning to this small-clawed otter at the zoo in Aue, Germany, to provide predictions for their matches at Euro 2012. And we thought England were clutching at straws with Andy Carroll. The otter predicted a win in their match against Portugal.

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