Psychic octopus signs up with Paul Daniels's agent

The former Weymouth Sea Life Park resident made a name for himself during the World Cup by correctly predicting the outcome of Germany’s matches.

Now he has been signed by magician Paul Daniels’s Worcestershire-based agent Chris Davis.

Mr Davis said that he had been approached about Paul recording an album of Elvis songs but he turned it down.

“We did have an offer from a record company, but how would an octopus sing?

“We have lots of interest though. There have been offers of book deals and a country is talking to us about creating a coin with him on it.”

Other ideas include a documentary as well as a range of toys and books.

Technology buffs have even created an iPhone app called Ask the Octopus – in which a digital version of the all-seeing cephalopod predicts the user’s future.

Staff at Weymouth’s Sea Life Park have been bemused and confused by Paul’s continuing notoriety.

Aquarist Sarah Moseley said she couldn’t see how an album of songs could work.

“Most octopuses are solitary creatures and don’t have advanced communication skills.

“They certainly don’t use sound. They’re more likely to use colour changes and flashes to communicate to one another.”

She added: “The last I heard was that Paul had retired and that maybe the World Cup was his one trick pony.

“Octopuses do thrive on human interaction in captivity. It’s a form of enrichment for them.

“They obviously enjoy the interaction with people, you can see it by the way they respond.”

Paul, who now lives at an aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, shot to fame during the World Cup after correctly predicting the outcome of Germany’s matches.

Perhaps the most bizarre knock Paul has been dealt recently came from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who accused the octopus of spreading ‘western propaganda and superstition’ during a speech he made in Tehran.

The Iranian premier went on to suggested that Paul represented the ‘decadence’ of western society.