Famous octopus predicts Argentina W.Cup exit

An octopus in Germany who has shot to fame for correctly predicting the result of all of the country’s World Cup matches so far on Tuesday forecast a win over Argentina in the quarter-finals.

Two plastic boxes containing tasty morsels, one with a Germany flag and one with an Argentina flag, were lowered into the tank that houses Paul the octopus at his home in Sea Life in Oberhausen, western Germany.

Watched by a scrum of photographers, Paul plumped for Diego Maradona’s all-stars crashing out to Joachim Loew’s side in Saturday’s eagerly anticipated encounter.

Earlier in the tournament, the eight-legged oracle correctly tipped Germany to beat Ghana and Australia in their group D matches and was also right to predict they would lose to Serbia.

And even though he was born in England, he also treacherously but correctly foretold Germany’s win over his native country in their last-16 clash on Sunday.