It was a morning of eager anticipation at Resorts World Sentosa’s S.E.A. Aquarium, one of the world’s largest aquariums, as World Cup 2018 races towards the climactic Finals on Sunday, 15 July 2018.
This morning, Ollie, a two-year-old male Giant Pacific Octopus, residing at the S.E.A. Aquarium predicted that France would defeat Croatia and be crowned the eventual winner in the global football Finals match.
Calling S.E.A. Aquarium home since January 2018, it took Ollie about 10 minutes on 12 July 2018 to decide his choice of winner. A highly intelligent marine animal with three hearts and nine brains, the octopus is known to possess a strong cognitive ability in solving problems and great dexterity in hunting for prey. Ollie’s eight tentacles contain close to 500 million neurons to touch, taste, explore and grip its prey.
A very sporting Ollie has jumped into the fray of the globally trending football fever and enthusiastically lent his prediction of the ultimate winner.
An acrylic maze was inserted into Ollie’s habitat with two pieces of fresh crab placed at two corners of the maze. Each corner was labelled with the country flag of the two competing finalist teams – France and Croatia. Shortly after 9.30am this morning (Singapore local time), Ollie picked the crab from the side of the maze that carried France’s flag, deeming the 1998 champion to win the Finals again this Sunday.
As part of Football Fever 2018 celebrations at Resorts World Sentosa, soccer fans can head down to the creatively-transformed Resorts World Ballroom to enjoy a free screening of the Third Place and Finals this weekend where they will enjoy a super-wide 270° visually cinematic feast from multiple large screens lining the venue complete with beer, snacks, floodlights, soccer turf and non-stop entertainment such as hip-hop dance routines and live bands during match breaks.
We are pleased to share two video assets for your reporting:
– Ollie, a resident Giant Pacific Octopus at Resorts World Sentosa’s S.E.A. Aquarium picking France as the eventual winner:
– Fans can enjoy Singapore’s most immersive spectator experience at the Resorts World Ballroom where they will be transported right into the heart of sporting action at the Finals match: https://youtu.be/QtdMXfpiWb0
You can download the video files:
– Octopus prediction at S.E.A. Aquarium in Resorts World Sentosa – click here for video file
– Football Fever 2018 screening at Resorts World Ballroom – click here for video file
Members of the media are also welcome to cover the screening at Resorts World Ballroom:
- Third Place:14 July 2018, Saturday (10pm)
- Finals:15 July 2018, Sunday (11pm)
Do feel free to reach out to Mr Jonathan Yu at +65 6577 9752, +65 9430 9566, jonathan.yu@RWSentosa.com or Mr Danny Cham at +65 6577 9758, +65 9696 9128,danny.cham@RWSentosa.com for any media queries.
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