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| The contest between aquariums around Germany will determine which cephalopod can repeat the clairvoyant feats of Paul, who shot to international fame after correctly predicting matches of the World Cup in South Africa last year. |
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Eight octopuses in Germany competed Friday to replace the late oracle Paul by predicting the result of the opening match of the women's soccer World Cup between Germany and Canada, Reuters reports.
The contest between aquariums around Germany will determine which cephalopod can repeat the clairvoyant feats of Paul, who shot to international fame after correctly predicting matches of the World Cup in South Africa last year.
Octopus Ophira tipped Germany to win Sunday, as did two of her rivals. Two picked Canada and three predicted a draw. （點擊路透社網(wǎng)站查看原文）
德尋找下一個“章魚保羅”
?????? 上周五，八只章魚對德國和加拿大誰能在女足世界杯開場賽中取勝做了預(yù)測，看誰能成為已經(jīng)歸西的“神算子”章魚保羅的繼任者。
???????路透社報道稱，德國各水族館之間的這場較量將決出哪條章魚能夠復(fù)制保羅的神算傳奇。去年南非世界杯中，保羅因為準(zhǔn)確預(yù)測了數(shù)場比賽結(jié)果而在國際上聲名大噪。
???????據(jù)悉，名為“奧菲拉”的章魚和另兩個競爭對手都預(yù)測德國會在周日的比賽中勝出，有兩只章魚挑了加拿大，另外三只則預(yù)測兩國會踢成平局。
(China.org.cn June 27, 2011) |
