Paul the Octopus -- the incredible creature that correctly predicted the winner of eight straight World Cup games this year -- was found dead this morning in his home tank in Germany.
Stefan Porwoll -- the manager at the Oberhausen Sea Life Center, where Paul lived -- said Paul "appears to have passed away peacefully during the night, of natural causes."
Paul rose to international fame this summer when he correctly predicted all seven of Germany's World Cup matches -- as well as the final between Spain and the Netherlands. Paul picked the winners by choosing between two food containers that had the competing teams' flags attached to them.
He was two years old.
R.I.P.10/26/2010 9:30 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
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Aww. Octopus tend to live longer, even in captivity. I say it was murder...
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I knew soccer fans were nuts, but putting a hit on an octopus?
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I second that. Round up some Dutchmen. They had it in for the poor octopus.
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I heard his caretaker say that Paul only had 6 more months at most when he was interviewed during the world cup. Live fast, die young!
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OCTO***** sned it to sheens room tonite hide it in his bed when he`s out hidden cam...it`s the only possy sheen can handle a DOA one
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