Our series “Famous animals”
The dog Laïka, the first animal sent into space
Paul the octopus, the oracle of the 2010 World Cup
The Cinnamon Bear and Jacques Chirac (
published August 10
)
Cher Ami, the heroic pigeon (
posted August 11
)
Tilikum, the killer whale (
posted August 12
)
Metro Goldwyn Mayer's lion (
posted August 13
)
Grumpy Cat: The Cat Who Was Worth $100 Million (
posted August 14
)
Forget Lionel Messi.
Eliminate Cristiano Ronaldo (released in the round of 16).
The real star of the 2010 World Cup was him, Paul the octopus.
From the depths of his aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, he shot to worldwide fame in July 2010, finishing the competition with a full stomach, arm high in victory.
Because, it's a fact, octopuses have very large brains and… eight arms.
"The day people understand it and stop talking about its tentacles, I would have won it, my World Cup", laughs again, not without humor, at the National Museum of Natural History Laure Bonnaud-Ponticelli, specialist cephalopods.
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