Mani the Parakeet - Singapore Pyschic Bird Parrot Predicts Holland win Spain in Final World Cup 2010

Mani the Parakeet in Singapore Could be Another Paul the Oracle Octopus
He may not have as many predictions under his belt as Paul the Octopus in Germany, but Mani the parakeet in Singapore's 'Little India' has become something of a local celebrity due to his correct predictions of the World Cup so far. He picked all the right winners for the quarter-finals and the semi-finals and now he has picked the Netherlands to win the World Cup.
News Report About Mani the Parakeet
2010
Mani is his astrologer owner's assistant and while the couple used to see about ten customers a day, due to Mani's growing popularity, they are now seeing hundreds an hour.
People are flocking to Mr. Muniyappan and Mani's roadside table to see if they are going to get lucky on their World Cup bets. German, Dutch and Spanish television stations are preparing to broadcast live from an aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, on Friday, when an octopus named Paul, whose handlers claim he can predict the outcome of World Cup soccer matches, will attempt to call the last two games of the tournament.
As Germany’s Spiegel explains:
Paul the octopus, “the Oracle of Oberhausen,” has successfully predicted all six of Germany’s World Cup matches so far — after going four for five in the European Championships two years ago. No one knows how he does it, but for a while it made him the most popular invertebrate in Germany, stealing headlines even from the coalition government. He “predicts” by choosing a mussel from one of two possible containers, both marked with national flags.
The only blemish on Paul’s record to date was his prophecy that Germany would beat Spain in the final of Euro 2008, a match the Spanish took 1-0. Perhaps learning from his mistake, this week the octopus chose not to eat from a box decorated with a tiny German flag when it was lowered into his tank before Wednesday’s semi-final, dining instead on the Spanish mussel.
After the Germans did indeed lose on Wednesday night, a number of Paul’s fellow citizens called loudly for his death, suggesting that he had jinxed the team.
As Reuters reports:
German newspapers and Web sites were filled with suggestions of what to do with Paul — most involved cooking and eating him. “Throw him in the frying pan,” wrote the Berliner Kurier newspaper in a popular sentiment echoed by Die Welt, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the Hamburger Abendblatt and other newspapers.
According to Berlin’s Local, “The Spanish government on Thursday expressed concern for the future well-being of Paul, expressing concern the Germans may take some kind of ‘revenge’ for their exit on the mollusc medium.”
“I am concerned for the octopus … I am thinking of sending him a protective team,” joked Prime Minister Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero on Radio Cadena Ser.
Environment and Fisheries Minister Elena Espinosa suggested there be a moratorium on going after Paul: “On Monday, I shall be at the European Council of Ministers and I shall be asking for a (fishing) ban on Paul the octopus so the Germans do not eat him!”
Of course, if Spain’s government really wants to help win over “El Pulpo Paul,” they might want to consider laying off his relatives, too, by following the lead of Spanish-American chef José Andrés, who announced on Twitter before Wednesday’s semifinal, “If Spain wins today octopus is out of all my menus!” After the match, he made good on that promise at his Washington-area restaurant.
Announcing an immediate nationwide ban on the grilling of octopi in tapas bars across Spain might not win the Spanish the World Cup, but it couldn’t hurt.
Apparently unfazed by all this, Paul’s keepers posted a short statement on the Web site of SeaLife Oberhausen announcing that the “Oktopus Orakel” will put his perfect record in this year’s World Cup on the line by attempting to divine the results of both Saturday’s contest for third place, between Germany and Uruguay, and Sunday’s final, between the Netherlands and Spain.
The aquarium tried to dampen expectations by stressing that Paul is a “Germany expert” and so, may not have the magic touch when it comes to choosing between two other nations.
The spokesman for another animal with a growing reputation for soccer punditry, a parrot in Singapore named Mani — who has worked as a fortuneteller’s assistant for years — was far more confident about his associate’s abilities.
Speaking to a Reuters crew that visited Singapore’s Little India district on Thursday to film Mani’s prediction of Sunday’s World Cup final, Mani’s handler assured the news agency, “I believe 100 percent, whatever he picks will be right.” Mani, who normally helps customers predict the course of their romantic and financial lives, then stepped before the camera and turned over a card with the Dutch flag on it. Slavna hobotnica Paul iz Oberhausena dobila je konkurenciju. Mali papagaj iz Singapura zvan Mani, prorekao je mnogim ljudima što će im se dogoditi u životu, a sad je za svjetskog prvaka u nogometu izabrao - Oranje.
Hoće li slavnu hobotnicu Paula ispeći s krumpirima?!
Čudotvorni singapurski papagaj je rekao svoje! Mani predviđa tako da izađe iz svoje krletke i kljunom izabere jednu od dvije karte, a uoči finala u Johannesburgu odabrao je onu s nizozemskim grbom, zgrabivši je bez puno nećkanja.
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Je li Španjolska već izvisila? 13-godišnji Mani ponekad i pogriješi, ali i puno radi jer poricanjem doslovno zarađuje za život. Zbog toga je postao svojevrsni lokalni junak, a njegove sposobnosti posebno hvali vlasnik, također proricatelj - gospodin Muniyappan. ptica papiga
"To je posebna ptica. Pogodio je rezultate sve četiri utakmice četvrtfinala i dvije polufinala", kaže 80-godišnji Muniyappan.
S druge strane, slavna njemačka hobotnica Paul ima zasad također šest pogodaka na afričkom SP-u, a nakon nekoliko dan aiščekivanja - izabrao je suprotno od Manija. Hobotnica kaže da će novi svjetski prvak biti Španjolska, dok će Njemačka protiv Urugvaja u subotu osvojiti treće mjesto. papegaai parkiet Singapore Spanje Nederland World Cup perico loro Países Bajos España Madrid la copa del mundo india indian parrott parot papigo oracle