Paul is not psychic. He is attracted to yellow. In all the flags he was asked to choose, there is always yellow. Germany 0:1 Spa in Argentina 0:4 Germany Germany   ; 4:1 England Ghana &nb sp; 0:1 Germany Germany   ; 0:1 Serbia Germany &n bsp; 4:0 Australia
You see in all the countries that Germany played against, except Spain no country have yellow color in their flag.
Now when Germany played against Spain, Spain has the more yellow area than Germany. Paul picked Spain.
Now when Spain plays against Dutch, obviously paul will pick Yellow spanish flag.
If spain wins, I will call it is still random chance.
Re: Paul is attracted to yellow
by Chaturchuramoni Chatterjee on Jul 09, 2010 09:03 PM
Just one point. Serbian flag does not have yellow colour, but the octopus preferred it over the German flag.
Re: Paul is attracted to yellow
by Golden on Jul 09, 2010 07:37 PM
your thoughts are logical. but it is too early to say anything at this moment. octopuses are said to have some extra sensing and processing power, though I have never thought on this deeply to verify anything yet. there was never a need for it....when time comes for the real requirement i may look into it but right now i am enjoying all the interesting news of prediction and counter prediction and then funny news of germans wanting to kill octopus are really amusing me.....so i dont want to spoil my entertainment...thanks for the analysis any way..
Re: Re: Paul is attracted to yellow
by Ram Parasuram on Jul 09, 2010 07:39 PM
Yes, we can never know what gifts that nature gave to every species. It is impossible to say which animal is intelligent. It would pure arrogance if we all say humans are intelligent creatures.
Now our totarams - Parakeet psychics in singapore (mani singapore parakeet soccer psychic - google keywords) predicts it is dutch.
I guess every animal has different sense.
Statistics calls this random behavior.
you are right.. this is pure excitement. not for bookies though!
Re: Re: Paul is attracted to yellow
by lookisay on Jul 09, 2010 08:09 PM
NOPE - Octapus is color blind. No colors are involved for sure. For a moment please give credit to the genius that this Octo Baba is - LOL
I think the octopus is just attracted by the colour of flag and it goes towards the brightest flag. In case of Germany-Argentina, argentina flag was light blue and german flag had Yellow, black...etc.. So it picked Germany. In case of semis, the spanish flag was more colourful.. Same case with the Finals also. I am sure, if they put a full red flag of China, the Octopus will move towards the Red flag.
Re: What if paul is killed...?
by Chaturchuramoni Chatterjee on Jul 09, 2010 07:28 PM
Don't think so. Ofcourse the person will not be hanged or serve life imprisonment but killing an octopus (or any other animal) is a crime as per animal protection laws, and these rules are much more strict in countries like US and Germany.