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2025-06-26 06:04:32 635 views 741 comments

Psychic animals predicting the results of big events is softcore moviespretty much a time-honoured tradition.

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We've previously had a Scottish goat divining the US election result (it got it wrong), and -- many years ago -- we had an octopus called Paul who used to predict the winners of World Cup matches (he sadly passed away back in 2010).

Well, now it's Achilles the cat's turn.

Yep: Achilles, who lives in St Petersburg's Hermitage Museum in Russia, is now the official World Cup match predictor.

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Just look at his adorable little face:

On Wednesday, Achilles made his first prediction: Russia will beat Saudi Arabia in the opening match on Thursday.

He's sort of biased, but whatever.

Here's a video of Achilles' method, which involves choosing between two bowls of cat food.

The game kicks off soon, so it won't be long until we find out whether Achilles' powers of prediction are up to scratch.


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