Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during this year's football World Cup in South Africa for correctly predicting the outcome of games, has died, his aquarium in Germany said Tuesday.
"Management and staff at the Oberhausen Sea Life Center were devastated to discover that oracle octopus Paul, who achieved global renown during the recent World Cup, had passed away overnight," the aquarium said in a somber statement.
“His success made him almost a bigger story than the World Cup itself,” www.rte.ie quoted Stefan Porwoll, manager of the center in Germany, as saying.
Paul predicted the winners of all Germany's World Cup clashes, and then of the final by selecting one of two boxes, each loaded with a mussel food treat and marked on the outside with one of the teams.
Staff at the center said his death was not entirely unexpected, since common octopuses generally only live a couple of years.
“We may decide to give Paul his own small burial plot within our grounds and erect a modest permanent shrine,” according to the website.
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