Rocky the racoon predicts a win for England
A ‘psychic’ raccoon at Bristol Zoo has predicted a win from England in tonight’s Euro 2012 crunch match with France.
Rocky the raccoon made his choice live on ITV’s Daybreak this morning after being offered two pots with equal amounts of food, one marked with the England shirt and the other with the France shirt, and he had no hesitation in heading straight for the England marker.
His keeper, Mat Richards, said: “This is the first time Rocky has demonstrated psychic abilities and he’s chosen the underdogs to win, so we are all keeping our fingers crossed that he is right and we have a win from England tonight.”
Rocky’s prediction follows on from the success of Paul the Octopus, who correctly predicted the outcome of all seven of Germany's matches during the 2010 World Cup.
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Whether Rocky will have the same winning streak is yet to be seen.
Rocky is part of a team at Bristol Zoo who take part in Amazing Animals shows on the zoo’s customer-built outdoor stage.
Mat Richards is one of a number of specialist trainers and handlers who work with creatures as diverse as lemurs and armadillos to meerkats, kookaburras and macaw parrots.
Rocky and his ‘creature colleagues’ can be seen in Bristol Zoo’s fun and fact-filled Amazing Animals shows every day at 12noon and 2pm (weather permitting).
Comments
by Bristolexpat
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 10:09AM
“"This is the first time Rocky has demonstrated psychic abilities"
Raccoon eats food, turns "psychic"...
Ahahhahhahahahhhhhhhhhhhhaaaa
"Rocky's prediction follows on from the success of Paul the Octopus, who correctly predicted the outcome of all seven of Germany's matches during the 2010 World Cup"
Eh? The octopus actually predicted the correct result, hence the "success"
I'm guessing we wont be hearing much from "Psychic rocky" anymore...”
by Commenter42
Tuesday, June 12 2012, 9:45AM
“Hopefully that will be the end of these pointless non-stories.”
by EricClark1
Monday, June 11 2012, 11:59PM
“No-one told him how to predict a draw?
How careless.”
by johnbristol3
Monday, June 11 2012, 7:41PM
“Oh dear rocky bet your not so cocky now, recon you be getting bread and jam tomorrow”
by dicktator
Monday, June 11 2012, 7:13PM
“So my psychic rat came up with the right result again. Extra sunflower seeds tonight. I am going to have a chat about the future of the Euro with him tomorrow”
by katachua
Monday, June 11 2012, 6:55PM
“Sorry, Rocky. He was trying to find the bin that said "Draw", but there wasn't one...”
by katachua
Monday, June 11 2012, 5:26PM
“The hedgehog in my garden told me that England would win 3-0. Mind you, he tipped the Gas for promotion last season...”
by Matt1701d
Monday, June 11 2012, 4:36PM
“Psychic - must be on drugs if it thinks England are in with a chance.....”
by dicktator
Monday, June 11 2012, 3:37PM
“My psychic rat, Roland, well known for his correct prediction of the French election results, says it will be a draw.”
by katachua
Monday, June 11 2012, 2:49PM
“Have Ladbrookes shortened their odds?”