FIFAワールドカップ： タコがスペインの勝利を予知！？ ― prescient

FIFAワールドカップの勝ち負け予想で、ドイツの水族館の“タコ”が話題です。


BERLIN — Eyes around the world were on Germany's octopus oracle Paul on Friday as he made his biggest prediction yet in the World Cup: Spain will beat the Netherlands in the final.

Paul's prescient picks in the World Cup — he has yet to predict a match wrong — have propelled him to international fame from obscurity in an aquarium in the western city of Oberhausen.
TV stations in Germany, Great Britain, Taiwan and elsewhere broadcast live pictures, complete with breathless commentary, of his final decision.

Millions watched as the eight-legged oracle descended upon on a tank marked with a Spanish flag, sitting for only a few minutes before grabbing a mussel and devouring it, while completely ignoring the Dutch tank — indicating a Spanish victory in Sunday's final match in Sunday's final.
(Kirsten Grieshaber. Octopus oracle picks Spain to win World Cup. The Associated Press. July 9, 2010.)


この勝ち負け予想ですが、対戦国の国旗があしらわれた入れ物に好物の貝を入れておき、タコがどちらの入れ物に入るかで、勝つ方が決まる、というものです。

この勝ち負け予想が当たる確率は結構高いらしく、話題をさらっているそうです。

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