From the creators of the octopus Paul, who had a 100% success rate in the previous World Cup in South Africa and who predicted that Spain would win, comes… the Achilles cat! An albino cat in charge of continuing with the already established tradition in which an animal predicts the outcome of the matches played in the World Cup.
Achilles is an adorable deaf blue-eyed white cat. This condition is why her veterinarian Anna Kondatrieva determines that the animal will not hear the fans and will only be guided by her instinct and her heart to choose .
The cat will try to emulate the famous octopus Paul in, this time, the World Cup in Russia. But … you will not be alone, as there are other animals that will also act as predictors of football results. Thus, for example, in Spain they have already presented the Yellow tortoise, an oracle similar to this cat which has predicted the Spanish victory tonight against Portugal.
The voting procedure for this year’s cat pitoniso will consist of choosing between two totally identical bowls with the flag of the two countries that will compete in each game. Depending on which bowl you want to eat more of, this is how the pussycat will consider who will win the match.
The animal lives in the Hermitage museum, in Saint Petersburg, along with other cats, other animals and a whole veterinary team that supervises its state of health, also ensuring the good maintenance of the animals since these are part of the learning and fun of the Museum.
In any case, the animal has started on the right foot since, before the match between Russia and Saudi Arabia was played last Thursday, the test of placing the two bowls with the flags of the two contestants was carried out. Achilles chose the host team who subsequently won the match.
