Octopus Pavlik, Aquarium Alushta, Crimea, Ukraine, predicted the victory of the English soccer team Barcelona on the Ukrainian Shajtior (Mining), which met in a match of the Champions League, announced today the owner of the aquarium, Viktor Zhilenko.
"We put two boxes Pavlik with fresh clams. Chose the octopus carrying symbols of the English club. Expected it to be a patriot of Ukraine, but considered that the Barcelona Pavlik is stronger, "he said.
Stukánov Vitali, aquarium worker, said in turn that the octopus already hit twice in their forecasts.
Octopus Crimea reached three months ago and got its name, Pavlik, in honor of another octopod, Paul, who had won world fame, to guess the results of the 2010 World Cup matches.
Pavlik is the only octopus that lives in an aquarium in the territory of the former Soviet Union. It is very lively and sociable, she likes the attention of people and gets offended if anyone wants to play with him, says the aquarium staff.
"If we forget for a while, begins to splash with water, trying to get our attention. In order not to upset Pavlik, every morning we approached the pool to talk to him, "added Stukánov.
If Pavlik is successful, it will attract all means to predict the outcome of games of the 2012 European Championship
(SOURCE: sp.rian.ru)
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