Supongo que es propaganda de algún zoológico, pero no encontré nada en Google.
Y deben utilizar algún truco para que el pulpo escoja el equipo que les parece más probable a sus cuidadores.
En la Wikipedia ya tiene varias entradas
Pulpo Paul - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Paul the Octopus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul the Octopus or Paul Oktopus (hatched in 2008 ) is a common octopus living in a tank at a Sea Life Centre, a commercial attraction in Oberhausen, Germany. The octopus is used as an oracle in an attempt to predict the results of football matches, usually international matches in which German's national team is playing.
The octopus is presented with two boxes, each containing a food item such as a mussel or an oyster, and each box marked with the flag of a national football team in an upcoming match.
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Criticism and explanations
Shelagh Malham of Bangor University states that individuals of the species Octopus vulgaris can distinguish brightness, and are drawn to horizontal shapes. However, according to Janet Voight at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, there is no evidence that octopuses have colour vision.[9]
Octopus vulgaris is equipped with sensitive taste receptor cells, and biologist Volker Miske, of the University of Greifswald, suggests that minor chemical differences on the surface of each box might account for Paul's decisions.[10] Professor Chris Budd of the University of Bath and Professor David Spiegelharter of Cambridge University both attribute Paul's apparent ability to predict the winning team to chance, like a run of luck when tossing a coin.[11]
The animal rights organisation PETA commented that octopuses are some of the most intelligent of invertebrates, with complex thought processes, long- and short-term memory, and different personalities. They can use tools, learn through observation, and are particularly sensitive to pain, according to the group. They say it would be cruel to keep Paul in permanent confinement. Sea Life responded that it would be dangerous to release him, because he was born in captivity and is not accustomed to finding food for himself
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