DORTMUND: Euro 2024 hosts Germany are on track for a slender victory of their opening match towards Scotland – in accordance with an oracle orangutan at Dortmund Zoo.
Walter, 35, is not any stranger to predicting the end result of soccer matches and is a veteran of earlier World Cup and Euros campaigns, in addition to German and European membership competitions.
On Thursday (Jun 13) two buckets had been positioned in his enclosure, one with a Germany scarf, and one with a Scotland scarf.
“Walter stopped in entrance of the buckets, after which he took a have a look at each and he was very strictly going to the German bucket, so I feel it have to be a victory for the German crew towards Scotland. However then he went to the Scottish bucket, so possibly the Scottish will likely be very shut too,” stated zoo spokesperson Marcel Stawinoga.
The match begins on Friday in Munich, and Germany will begin as sturdy favourites towards Scotland.
Walter joins an inventory of creatures as differing as an octopus and an elephant, which have predicted the outcomes of worldwide soccer matches, normally by choosing one bowl of meals bearing a crew’s flag over one other.
Among the many most well-known was Paul the oracle octopus who lived in an aquarium within the German metropolis of Oberhausen, and who shot to fame within the 2010 World Cup for his uncanny skill to foretell the outcomes of Germany’s matches. He accurately forecast how Germany would fare in seven matches.
