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Some German soccer fans are calling from a public grilling of the so called “Oracle Octopus” who resides in an aquarium in that country. The two-year-old octopus named “Paul” became somewhat of a global celebrity for his uncanny ability to correctly pick the winners of all six of the German soccer team’s World Cup Matches.

Not ordinarily superstitious people, Germans became believers in Paul’s possible psychic powers. However, the country was both shocked and distraught when he picked Spain to win after picking German wins over Argentina, England, Ghana and Australia. Following the World Cup Defeat, German websites and newspapers were filled with suggestions on what to do with Paul…most involved cooking and eating him. To read the full story, CLICK.

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In a surprising discovery, scientists for the first time found shrimp-like creatures and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet. Six hundred feet below the ice where no light shines, scientists expected nothing much more than a few microbes could exist. That’s why a NASA team was surprised when they lowered a video camera to get the first long look at the underbelly of an ice sheet in Antarctica. A curious shrimp-like creature came swimming by and then parked itself on the camera’s cable. Scientists also pulled up a tentacle they believe came from a foot-long jellyfish. (more…)