DORTMUND: Euro 2024 hosts Germany are on course for a narrow victory in their opening match against Scotland - according to an oracle orangutan at Dortmund Zoo.
Walter, 35, is no stranger to predicting the outcome of football matches and is a veteran of previous World Cup and Euros campaigns, as well as German and European club competitions.
"Walter stopped in front of the buckets, and then he took a look at both and he was very strictly going to the German bucket, so I think it must be a victory for the German team against Scotland. But then he went to the Scottish bucket, so maybe the Scottish will be very close too," said zoo spokesperson Marcel Stawinoga.
Walter joins a list of creatures as differing as an octopus and an elephant, that have predicted the outcomes of international football matches, usually by picking one bowl of food bearing a team's flag over another.
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