Octopus Paul honored by Spanish town

Psychic octopus Paul may have retired but he's still basking in the glory of his perfect World Cup predictions.

Psychic octopus Paul may have retired but he's still basking in the glory of his perfect World Cup predictions.

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Paul's German aquarium says the eight-legged oracle was declared an "honorary friend" of a Spanish town in a ceremony on Thursday and presented with gifts including a bronze likeness of himself.

Paul correctly predicted the outcome of all seven of Germany's games plus Spain's victory over the Netherlands in the final.

Tanja Munzig, a spokeswoman for the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, says a delegation led by Carlos Montes, mayor of the northwestern Spanish town of O Carballino, presented the statue and a football shirt with the number eight.