an aquarium in germany the octopus was mainly used to predict the outcome of the matches in which the national side played in the 2010 world cup it correctly predicted the results of all the seven matches that germany played but when paul died soon after the world cup it left everyone wondering whether it predicted its own death the oracles of 2014 wc included a guinea pig fish turtlein 2014 it was the turn of swiss guinea pig madame shiva to take on the role of paul as the oracle but it wasnt as successful as paul out of the three matches it predicted it got only two right and how would it make the predictions well when left loose on the ground where the colours of the opposing teams would be painted a little away from each other it would scamper around and poop on the side that would supposedly win pele the piranha was another such successor of paul it would take its pick by chomping on grub that hung from the flags of the opposing teams and then there was brazil previous host which had chosen a loggerhead turtle to make predictions during the 2014 fifa world cup