Animal predictors of football matches identified. Rating of the most effective animal predictors

Yesterday it became known that the giant crab Petrovich will predict the results of the 2014 World Hockey Championship, which will be held in Belarus. Due to this " Soviet sport"recalls the most famous animal fortunetellers.

OCTOPUS PAUL

The most famous animal-predictor, the octopus Paul, with whom the boom in “living oracles” began, lived in the aquarium of the German city of Oberhausen.

The octopus's finest hour came at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, during which Paul guessed the results of the matches of the German national team by choosing food from a feeder with the German tricolor printed on it.

As a result, Paul guessed the outcome of all the matches of the “German machine” except the final, in which Joachim Löw’s team lost to the Spaniards.

NELLY THE ELEPHANT

Paul's fantastic success prompted the Germans to choose new predictors.

In 2011, during the Women's World Cup, the role of the oracle was performed by the elephant Nellie from the Serengeti Nature Park.

The elephant, to the surprise of many, predicted the results of all matches of the German national team, including the defeat of the Germans in the quarterfinals.

Nellila made a simple choice - she tried to kick the ball into the net. Whose goal the ball flew into, that team then lost.

BOAR FUNTIC

Euro 2012 also had its own predictor. The Kiev boar Funtik tried to predict the outcome of the matches of the football championship taking place in Poland and Ukraine.

The boar predicted the results with varying degrees of success - if the “sorcerer” was still able to “see” Russia’s victory in the match with the Czech Republic, then the match between Ukraine and Sweden, which, according to the boar’s forecast, should have ended in the defeat of the tournament hosts, ended exactly the opposite – with the victory of the Ukrainians.

Later, however, Funtikrehabilitated himself by choosing food bowls with the flags of the Greeks and Czechs before the matches Greece - Russia and the Czech Republic - Poland.

OCTOPUS IKER

However, the most popular predictor animal was still the octopus.

One of these was Iker, an octopus living in Benalmadena, Spain, named after Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas.

Iker turned out to be quite a successful oracle. He was able to predict the outcome of two Spanish clasicos, as well as Real Madrid's victory in the Copa del Rey in 2011. Although there were also mistakes, such as the prophecy according to which Real Madrid should have reached the 2011 Champions League final.

PARROT ROMA

At one time, based on the predictions of the octopus Paul, Soviet Sport organized the Nostradamus 2012 competition, the winner of which became the official oracle of the newspaper during the Euro 2012 matches.

The winner was the parrot Roma, who was the best predictor of the results of the Russian Championship matches and ultimately scored 51 points.

During the European Championship, however, Roma made a mistake. Success in the form of the victory of the Russian team over the Czech Republic was followed by failures in the form of the victory of the British over the Italians in the 1/4 finals, the German team reaching the final and the victory of the Italian team in the decisive match.

The results of the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches are predicted not only by sports experts, but also by animals. Moreover, the latter are often more accurate. On the eve of the start of the World Cup, MIR 24 presents the most interesting forecasts of four-legged oracles.

Hippos from the Kaliningrad zoo Milya and Glyasik predicted a draw in the Russia-Saudi Arabia match. As the zoo’s press secretary, Ekaterina Mikhailova, said, in the outdoor enclosure, employees placed two portions of treats for the animals - fresh grass, vegetables, and a grain mixture. A flag symbolizing the commands was placed next to each one.

Glyasik preferred “Saudi Arabia”. Milya started with “Russia”, then tasted her husband’s portion and, after some reflection, returned to the tricolor. Zoo staff interpreted this as a draw.

He doesn’t agree with the hippos – he believes that Russia will win. The cat was offered two bowls of food, and he chose the one marked with the Russian flag. Interestingly, Achilles already has experience in predictions - last year he guessed the results of three out of four Confederations Cup games.

Stanislav Cherchesov's wards were also promised a win by Great Britain, who began to eat mealworms under the Russian flag as a whole flock.

The raccoon Nafanya from Irkutsk also agrees with them. Employees of the zoo where he lives claim that the animal has been making predictions for several years now. sports matches and so far I have never made a mistake. On the eve of the Championship, he chose a bowl of food with the Russian logo, which greatly encouraged local fans. Interestingly, Nafanya himself is very athletic. Pull-ups and jumping equipment have been installed in his enclosure, and the raccoon exercises regularly.

The Russians were also promised victory by the otter Harry and the rabbit Fluff from Sochi.

Tapir Cleopatra from the Limpopo Zoo in Nizhny Novgorod will predict the winner of the match Sweden – South Korea. Zoo press secretary Anna Belyakova noted that Cleopatra will express her opinion three days before the game - June 15. The ceremony will take place in a standard way - the animal will have to choose one of two bowls of food. Meanwhile, the tapir already knows the winner of the World Cup - according to Cleopatra, the Cup will go to the Argentines.

The goat Zabiyaka from the Samara Zoo gave the victory to the German team - many experts agree with her on this.

The era of animal oracles began in 2008, when the European Football Championship took place. The octopus Paul caused a general stir. Before the match, two feeders with flags of the opposing teams were placed in his aquarium. Out of 14 predictions, Paul was wrong only twice. But two years later, during the 2010 World Cup, the octopus gained experience and made 100% accurate predictions.

Now Paul is no longer alive, but his work is continued by four-legged animals in zoos around the world. Modern technologies are not far behind - the resident of VDNKh intends to guess the results of all matches of the largest sports tournament.

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Not only football experts give their predictions regarding the results of matches within the 2018 World Cup - a whole menagerie has joined them..

The participants in the unique rating were mostly “Russians” - the Hermitage cat Achilles, the goat Zabiyaka, the dolphin Wanda, the bear Aurora, the lion Lord, the dachshund Gigolo and the horse Brant. Among the foreigners, the psychic boar nicknamed Mystical Marcus and the Croatian gibbon Kent proved themselves to be oracles.

The method by which the forecast was made was simple: on the eve of the match, the animal chose an object marked with the symbols of a particular state.

In Cassandra's shoes

Boar Mystic Marcus, British by origin, will determine the countries that will advance to the semi-finals of the championship back in mid-June.

Apples with flags of different countries participating in the football championship were laid out in front of the animal. As a result, the wild boar “ate” Belgium, Argentina, Nigeria and Uruguay, which meant they would reach the semi-finals.

Those who listened to Marcus's forecast are biting their elbows today - of all the winning states he selected, only Belgium reached the semi-finals.

The snow-white deaf Hermitage cat-predictor Achilles is sure to win Russia in the match with the Egyptian national team. The cat's premonitions were not deceived. However, in the Sweden-Switzerland match, the blue-eyed inhabitant of the basements of the country's main museum missed - the Swedes won, although the cat chose a bowl that stood next to the Swiss flag and ate from it.

On June 24, the Samara goat Zabiyaka accurately predicted the results of the games with the teams of France and Brazil. But her hope for the victory of the Russian national team in the match with Uruguay did not come true.

Dolphin Wanda, an inhabitant of the Sochi dolphinarium, on July 1, Russia's victory over Spain in the 1/8 finals of the World Cup. Wanda was asked to choose one of two soccer balls, on which the names of the teams were written. The dolphin's choice fell on the ball with the name of our team.

A day earlier, on June 30, Harry, an otter living in the Moscow Zoo, entered the competition among animal oracles. And although Harry had been very successful in his predictions three times before, betting on the victory of the Spaniards spoiled the animal’s reputation as a predictor.

When passions ran high...

By the time the quarterfinals started, the number of oracle beasts had increased dramatically. For example, they were joined by the polar bear Aurora from the Krasnoyarsk Flora and Fauna Park “Roev Ruchey”. Predator victory of the Russian national team in the quarter finals of the World Cup. Alas, the bear's prediction did not come true.

Lev Lord, an inhabitant of the Sakhalin Zoo, gives his forecast for the match between the Russians and the Croats on July 6. The animal was offered bowls of meat decorated with the flags of rivals in upcoming game. The king of beasts did not play tricks with false patriotism: he preferred a treat from the “Croatian bowl”, swallowing both the flag and the straw at the same time. And, as it turned out, he was right.

Excessive intelligence failed the oracle dachshund from St. Petersburg. A dog named Gigolo in a vessel with the Russian tricolor. It is unknown whether the representative of the equid order will continue his career as a predictor, but it is unlikely that anyone will rush to place bets based on his predictions.

The lucky gibbon Kent, who lives in Croatia, had never made a mistake in predicting how events would develop on the field until July 7th. This time it was Kent's luck - for some reason he chose a Russian doll. However, the gibbon's authority in some circles is so great that even this blatant blunder will not confuse his admirers.

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The most famous predictor Among the animals is Phil the groundhog, who lives in the small town of Punxsutawney in western Pennsylvania in the USA.

It is considered if the groundhog that crawled out of the house after hibernation, will see his shadow, that is, the day will be sunny, he will go to sleep for another six weeks. If there is no shade, spring is just around the corner. Every year on February 2, Groundhog Day, at exactly twenty-five minutes past eight in the morning, Phil is pulled out of his hole, and he makes his prediction.

Scientists now name about 600 species of animals and 400 species of plants that can act as barometers, indicators of humidity and temperature, predictors of storms, storms or good cloudless weather.
Animals have learned to hide in cracks and holes to escape tornadoes, storms and tornadoes; they leave dangerous territory in time before tsunamis, floods and earthquakes.

Inspired by Paul's success, the leaders of the zoo in the German city of Leipzig decided to make an oracle from. In February 2011, Heidi “guessed” two Oscar winners. Heidi, popular in Germany, was shown in American show Jimmy Kimmel Live! ABC TV channel. From the proposed figurines with photographs of actors, Heidi chose figurines with portraits of Natalie Portman and Colin Firth. Portman and Firth actually received awards for best female and male role in the films “Black Swan” by Darren Aronofsky and “The King’s Speech!” (The King's Speech) by Tom Hooper.
However, Heidi was unable to guess the winner in the Best Film category - instead of The King's Speech, the fortune teller pointed to the film 127 Hours.
In September 2011, Heidi, who was three and a half years old, died.

In July 2011, at the Women's World Cup in Germany, the elephant Nellie from the Serengeti Nature Park in Hodenhagen (Lower Saxony) predicted the outcome of all matches of the German team, including the defeat of the host team in the quarterfinal match from the Japanese team. The shrewd elephant made her choice in the following way: two goals were placed next to each other, indicating the opposing teams, and Nellie tried to hit them with the ball at her disposal. Whichever goal the ball flew into, that team lost.

New Zealand has its own oracle - a sheep named Sonny Wool. She predicted New Zealand's victory in the Rugby World Cup final in October 2011. Sonny Wool chose the New Zealand flag feeder throughout the tournament and the final was no exception. The fortune telling ceremony took place in the country's capital, Wellington. Owner Sonny is sure that it was thanks to the sheep that the New Zealanders won victories.

In Ukraine, predictions for the results of the 2012 European Football Championship matches were made from Kyiv, which made its predictions on corn sticks, and from Kharkov, which chose between two bowls of fresh beef and the flags of the participating countries.

Russia also has its own animal predictors. Making progress in predictions, she lives in the Nizhny Novgorod zoo "Limpopo". The day before a local home match football club"Volga" with CSKA Sonya correctly guessed the outcome, pulling out a banana with the name of the visiting team. The army team won with a score of 2:0.

In addition to Sonya, the marmot Olesya makes predictions at the Nizhny Novgorod Zoo. She has been correctly predicting the time of spring in the region for several years in a row.

Living in the Tula Exotarium, she became popular among the residents of Tula after she named Italy and Spain among the finalists of the European Football Championship. Jema's prediction came true, but she refused to repeat the equally successful prediction for the final match itself - she was tired of people's increased attention, and she did not want to leave the cage. At the beginning of July 2012, Dzhema had her own microblog on Twitter.

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources