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Octopus Paul is really Paulo from Italy
Allan Hall, in Berlin12 Jul 2010
Octopus oracle Paul may have correctly predicted the results of eight World Cup matches including the final, but claims about his nationality are proving less reliable.
The official Sea Life Aquarium version is that Paul was hatched at its Weymouth aquarium two and a half years ago and moved to Oberhausen, Germany.
However, it is now claimed he is a four-month-old Italian. The truth was revealed by Verena Bartsch who cared for Paul after he was caught near Elba.
It means he cannot be the same octopus that predicted the outcome of European Championship games in 2008.
Berlin Zoo curator Rainer Kaiser said: "A male octopus of this sort can't live much beyond 16 months."
Reader views (5)
It's Paolo in Italy, not Paulo. Are you people drunk when you put this paper together?
- Robin, London, 13/07/2010 09:45
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It is not Paulo,
ma PAOLO in Italiano!
- black prince (...from the middle ages....), London SW3, 12/07/2010 18:30
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Paulo, does you swing both ways then?
- Borat Saghdev, Kazakhstan, 12/07/2010 15:40
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Paul should set himself up as a stockbroker!!!
- Andrew, London, 12/07/2010 15:24
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I think we should snap him up and make him Manager for England. He should be able to pick a squad that can actually play the game and score some goals 
- Sanjay, Hounslow, UK, 12/07/2010 13:05
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