In this World Cup there have been several charlatans who have claimed to be the inheritors of the psychic powers of Paul the Octopus – after his unfortunate demise at the end of the last World Cup.Some of these wolves in sheep’s clothing are…

Alf gentoo Penguins

The Gentoo penguins belonging to the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham have been pretending to be able to predict world cup results. By standing on one of three rocks Alf, the colony’s leader, had predicted a win for Brazil and a draw for England against Italy. But Pablo, who has been challenging Alf for his leadership, predicted a win for Italy.A very confused bunch of penguins .

Nelly the elephant

Nelly the psychic elephant predicted that Germany would draw against Portugal and win against the USA and Ghana.That’s one correct and two wrong.A hopelessly misguided elephant.

Chinese pandas

Two Pandas from a panda conservation centre in the Sichuan province of China haven’t even decided on a method of predicting results yet.They were considering eating foods in containers marked with a national flag, or climbing a tree with a flag.The world cup will be over before they get around to figuring out how to make predictions. Complete frauds.

Shaheen the camel

Deep in the desert of Dubai ,Shaheen the camel makes his prediction by kicking the ball into nets marked with a team’s flags.Whether he actually made any correct predictions yet is a matter of fierce debate – mostly among the other camels of his tribe.

Predictaroo

Predictaroo is  an eastern grey kangaroo formerly known as Flopsy.It picks teams from identical bowls of food emblazoned with the flags of the two teams.Flopsy has been a complete flop.

Citta the Elephant

Citta the Elephant from Poland is giving her cousin Nelly the Elephant a run for his/her money by trying to get more predictions wrong than him/her.

Paul remains the champ.