Paul, the once celebrated octopus, has finally got his tentacles wrapped around a soccer ball.

The Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany unveiled an outsized memorial to the World Cup's most unlikely star: A 6-1/2 foot (2-meter) tall plastic replica of Paul clutching a ball in his eight arms.

Aquarium spokeswoman Tanja Munzig says Paul's cremated ashes were placed in a gold leaf-covered urn inside the ball. Paul died in October 2010 and Munzig says fans around the world had asked for a memorial.

Paul correctly tipped the outcome of all seven of Germany's games at last year's World Cup plus the Spain-Netherlands final. He made his predictions by opening the lid of one of two boxes, each containing a mussel and bearing a team flag.

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