Transcript Octopus Paul

2010 FIFA
World
Cup
South Africa
世界杯，章鱼？
Octopus Paul
• Introduction
• Achievement
• Why choose octopus: It’s high IQ
• The secret of winning streak
Introduction
Octopus Paul, it was born in
England, but migrated to
Germany since childhood in the
Obo Stockhausen aquarium. In
the World Cup in South Africa,
Magic "octopus Emperor" Paul
predicted German results of all
competitions correctly. Germany
finally won the World Cup third
place, while the octopus Paul
fame. With the predictive power of
magic, Paul became the darling of
the media, it received worldwide
attention.
In this tournament, Paul predicted on the German
team winning all 7 games results, including two games
of lost to Serbia and Spain ,Paul also predicted the
European Cup two years ago, the prediction of the
German teams in all 6 games to 5 games. When
Germany lost to Spain 0-1, Paul appeared in the world
among more than 600 television news. Paul does not
speak, nor provocative, but with magic predictive
ability to attract the attention of the world.
Achievement
• first round of group stage
Germany 4-0 Australia
octopus Paul Forecast:
Germany
• The second round of group stage
Germany 0-1 Serbia
octopus Paul Forecast:
Serbia
• The third round of group stage
Ghana 0-1 Germany
octopus Paul predicted :
Germany
• 1 /8 finals
Germany 4-1 England
octopus Paul Forecast:
Germany
• 1 / 4 finals
Germany 4-0 Argentina
octopus Paul Forecast:
Germany
• Semifinal
Germany 0-1 Spain
octopus Paul Forecast:
Spain
• second runner-up battle
Germany 3-2 Uruguay
octopus Paul Forecast:
Germany
• Finals
Spain 1-0 Netherlands (OT)
octopus Paul Forecast:
Spain
Why choose octopus: it’s high IQ
Because of the World Cup ,octopus Paul can be extremely
popular. Then someone will ask, why not choose German
crocodile, not a shark, not a whale,not a giant salamander, but
had the octopus to predict the game? In fact, the strict German
people know that the octopus is a very intelligent marine
animals.
Octopus has a well-developed brain, It has three hearts, two
memory systems, the brain has 500 million neurons, they can
distinguish themselves in the mirror,and they can get out of the
maze designed by scientists, eat crabs outside the maze.
Because octopus is considered as the highest intellectual
invertebrates, so German select the octopus to predict the
World Cup.
The secret of winning streak
In this World Cup, octopus Paul only forecasted the German
race, and achieved a 5 game winning streak. In fact, this is a
German trick. Some people may ask why other countries do
not have the octopus to predict the outcome of their team, the
answer is German flag ’color looks like octopus’ favorite food.
Octopus keen on prawns, crabs and other crustaceans . The
rules of the game is the container covered by the national flag
must have these foods in order to attract the octopus crawl.
Now,let’s explain Paul’s magic choice by interesting figures.
impurity
small and disrupt
unappealing
aggressive
The End