Paul had proved to be smarter than the average octopus, and when 2 boxes containing the names of teams that were playing a game in the World Cup were placed into his tank, he correctly picked a mussel from the box for the team that was going to win every time. Paul's fame in Germany spread world wide when he correctly predicted that Spain would win the World Cup, and the media was filled with the name of Pulpo Paul (Pulpo being Spanish for octopus).
