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 Animals predict World cup results

The World cup 2014 has just kicked-0ff, and several animals around England have begun to give their predictions.How far these animals go, solely depends on their ability to predict correctly,the results of most of the matches (if not all),that will be played in this World cup tournament.

Of course you remember clearly how during Euro 2008 and the 2010 World cup,Paul the octopus correctly predicted the winners of 11 out of 13 games and hence shot to global fame.

Below is a list of some animals that have begun predictions in the Brazil 2014 World cup tournament :

Penguins Alf,Lolly and Ginny 

 Alf, one of the oldest penguins and the self-appointed head of the colony, has been leading the predictions

On Wednesday the Gentoo penguins at the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham predicted a draw for England in their opening game against Italy.
But when they were asked to repeat their efforts for the benefit of the media, they changed their mind and forecast a win for Roy Hodgson's team.
Curator James Robson said: "Our Gentoos are really enthusiastic and love playing new games so have quickly got into the spirit of choosing the winning flags."

 

Macaws Sarge and Oscar
Macaws are the national bird of Brazil

As members of a species regarded as the national birds of Brazil, Macaws Sarge and Oscar correctly predicted a win for their home team in their opening match.
However, they are less confident that England will be successful against Italy.
"I do hope they are wrong about England," John Nattrass, bird keeper at working farm The Gincase in Silloth, Cumbria, said.
The birds have been choosing the winners from two pots of feed marked with the different countries.
"If their predictions are right, maybe I'll start putting some money on them," Mr Nattrass said.

 

 Donkeys Alistair and Derek
The park's owners say they hope Alistair can steal the World Cup Octopus' throne as top World Cup match predictor

Miniature donkeys Alistair and Derek are also hoping to become successors to Paul the octopus.
The pair, named after the owners of Puxton Park, in Somerset, have been choosing between food boxes containing the flags of the competing countries.
Alistair and Derek sniffed out England as a worthy winner against Italy this Saturday.
Sarah Warren, head of park, said: "We're hoping their England prediction comes true and that we could have own very own Somerset World Cup psychics on our hands."

Big head the Turtle
 The Turtle's predictions were well received by a crowd that had turned up to see him

 Host nation Brazil was given a confidence boost from its chosen tipster - the loggerhead turtle.
It chose to eat a fish hung from a Brazilian flag rather than a Croatian flag, thereby correctly predicting that Brazil would beat Croatia in the opening game of the World Cup.
A small crowd of onlookers at the Praia do Forte turtle sanctuary, north of Salvador, cheered in appreciation of the 25-year-old turtle's choice.

 Are these things mere superstitions or are they for real,what do you think ?
 [Source BBC news]