Octopus Paul does it again

The 'oracle' creature, who lives in Germany, maintained his 100% record of correctly choosing all of his homeland's results in the tournament after opting for Spain in the semi-finals. His prediction came true and the Spanish went through to the World Cup final, after defeating the opposition 1-0 thanks to a Carlos Puyol goal. A football fan was reportedly seen in the crowd holding up a banner saying Paul's prediction would be wrong.

His keepers claim the creature is psychic and Paul has now topped Twitter trends. He is also the talking point of many social networking sites. The animal has become the most unusual celebrity at this year's tournament after correctly indicating whether Germany would win or lose each of their six games in South Africa. His entire homeland was hoping Paul was wrong after going for the men in red and yellow on Tuesday.