Paul the Octopus, the tentacled tipster who fascinated football fans by correctly predicting results at this year's World Cup, died Oct. 26, 2010. This file picture shows octopus Paul, the so-called "octopus oracle" as it predicts Spain's victory in their 2010 World Cup semi-final soccer match against Germany by choosing a mussel from a glass box decorated with the Spanish national flag instead of a glass box with the German flag, at the Sea Life Aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen July 6, 2010. [China Daily/Agencies]