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Mani the parakeet (hatched 1997), also called Mani the parrot, is a Malaysian-born rose-ringed parakeet who resides in Singapore. He has been an astrologer "assistant" to M. Muniyappan since 2005, working from his Little India fortune-telling shop along Serangoon Road. M. Muniyappan is locally known to make his predictions using a simplified form of cartomancy. Mani became a celebrity in Singapore, and later internationally, when he picked the correct winners for all of the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final ties, as well as the Spain-Germany semi-final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Mani the parakeet' picks Netherlands as World Cup winner )〕 However, Mani failed to predict the Spain – Netherlands final by choosing Netherlands as the winner of the 2010 World Cup. At one point on July 5, 2010, a day before the Uruguay-Netherlands semi-final match, Mani topped Google's "Hot Searches" in Singapore.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mani's a mini celebrity )〕 Prior to his World Cup stint, Mani and his owner M. Muniyappan, used to see an average of 10 customers a day. Following his World Cup success, this increased to around 10 customers an hour.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Psychic' parakeet picks Netherlands as World Cup winners )〕 == Predictions == (詳細は2010 FIFA World Cup that saw him gain widespread recognition. According to Singapore's ''The New Paper'', Mani's most contentious pick for the World Cup thus far was underdog Netherlands to beat Brazil.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Did you follow the Mani-Maker? )〕 His prediction later proved to be correct. The quarter-finals saw Mani guessing the four winners of the matches correctly – Spain, Germany, Uruguay and Netherlands.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A little birdie told us... Spain will be champs )〕 In the semi-finals, he predicted that Uruguay would beat Netherlands and Spain would defeat Germany, thereby leading to a Uruguay vs. Spain final. Mani went on further to predict that Spain would be champions.〔 The Uruguay vs. Netherlands prediction turned out to be wrong, with Netherlands progressing on to the final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FIFA.com – Uruguay-Netherlands )〕 As a result, Mani made a new prediction for the World Cup Final between Netherlands and Spain. It tipped a Dutch win over Spain. On the other hand, fellow oracle star Paul the Octopus of Germany went for a Spanish victory,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Octopus Paul vs Mani the parakeet: Who will triumph? )〕 resulted in some media outlets describing the game as an octopus-versus-parakeet showdown.〔〔〔 However, Spain defeated the Netherlands 1-0 and Paul was proven to be triumphant. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mani the parakeet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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