Harvey the Seahorse says: NY Islanders getting 2.5 points at Colorado? That's a sucker-bet..
While everyone goes gaga over Paul, the future-seeing Octopus from Germany who correctly predicted every World Cup game, it’s worth remembering that this gift is not particularly unusual.
Most sea animals of even average complexity have some psychic ability when it comes to forecasting sporting events including most famously Harvey the Seahorse who could pick winners vs. the spread for any regular season NHL game and Jacob the Jellyfish who had a knack for guessing the Kentucky Derby winners, a talent that made his owner very rich until Jacob stung him to death.
Of course, the media loves nothing more than a good octopus story, so instead of context, we get sensationalism.