The secret behind animals predicting match outcomes?

[Zigabel]

At first, I thought these animals were “predicting” outcomes purely by chance. But after watching a video, I realized the story isn’t what it looks like. There’s actually a smart way these videos are made to mislead people, because most of them are recorded before the game is even played (they actually record 3 results for the same match; 1X2). The correct result gets promoted while the 2 wrong predictions disappear.
In the end, there’s no cat, duck, octopus, or even elephant that can truly predict the result of a game 😄
Have you ever relied on a pre-match prediction like this, and what was the result? & How lucky were you?

Always i have never been a fan of all these animal predictions because i am someone who is more often technically inclined and so when i see things as such i cannot get any technical interpretation to it i rather see it as just fun. i can say for a fact a few times those said predictions came correct, were basically luck and nothing more.

except there be a live prediction that will be very transparent and we see these animals doing it without any form of influence on them form the organizers, i will always doubt the authenticity of these said predictions as often seen in various situations where they are been posted and given consideration and by the way, talking about technicalities, on which technical grounds are we going to base the judgments of these animals, because for me if there is non then it holds no grounds then.

[Agbamoni]

This is trending all over social media. Animals predict the result of football matches, especially the AFCON tournament.

Anyway, I see those videos and skip them because nothing like that is possible. If the animals really predicted the winner, it was mere luck. Anyone can actually predict it and get lucky or be unlucky. I pity those who believe the animals know it all.

[Mate2237]

What type of Animal predictions are you talking about because you didn't specify the Animal predictions. But from what I can understand is that when it comes to gambling there is nothing like any special predictions that will work. it's even difficult for Humans to do predictions and so then how will Animals do predictions that is going to work. No sane person should take things like this seriously because it's all fallacy and lies.


What you should know is that most of the people trying to promote these platforms like this has something to benefit from it. These are all scams that should not be taken seriously. They are only using such videos to entice unsuspecting individuals of the public for the sake of defrauding people of their hard earned money.

[Zlantann]

I am still surprised how an animal would have to make prediction and the results happens to come out as the same. To be realistic, I don't think there is anything that could propelled this to happened to so easily, and even though there is anything that could caused that, I won't have to believe it for any reason as animal doesn't know anything concerning whatever that is called prediction or matches which they could have to chase to get the right results.

It is assumed or believed that these animals have some special gift or supernatural powers to predict games accurately. This set of animals is psychic animals. Popular ones include Paul the octopus, Achilles the cat, Shaheen the camel, Mystic Marcus the pig, and so on.

Other popular animals predict games based on trial and error.  These animals are just expected to do a simple task, and winners or losers would be picked from their behaviour. You would get a clear picture of these patterns by checking this link about animals' predictions of the outcome of the African Cup of Nations.

AFCON 2025: Three Animals Predict Semi-Final Winner Between Morocco vs Nigeria

[Pandu Geddon]

I never believed in that kind of prediction. They give a name of an animal to predict the outcome of a match, they treat it like a fortune teller that can know the results of a match that hasn't happened yet. It's ridiculous to me. If such an animal existed, wouldn't its owner become rich from every bet with a very high chance of winning?

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

How can people even come in terms to agree that animals can make accurate prediction about an event or a match? I find it very misleading to believe such, although coincidence can happen which we know that scenarios like that are just coincidence and not a true skill of prediction. This reminds me of a thread that was also asking if we can trust prediction from mad people, because some once said that a mad person gave him a booking code and when he played the game, he won.

[abaeze]

They amuse people, but the problem arises when people take them as serious predictions and bet on them and lose. If someone starts making big decisions based on the calls or movements of these animals, then even if they win a match or two by chance, there is a high chance of losing money if they bet or invest solely on these animals. I personally do not trust any of these things, but in reality, the experiences of those who have trusted such things are almost always negative.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

At first, I thought these animals were “predicting” outcomes purely by chance. But after watching a video, I realized the story isn’t what it looks like. There’s actually a smart way these videos are made to mislead people, because most of them are recorded before the game is even played (they actually record 3 results for the same match; 1X2). The correct result gets promoted while the 2 wrong predictions disappear.
In the end, there’s no cat, duck, octopus, or even elephant that can truly predict the result of a game 😄
Have you ever relied on a pre-match prediction like this, and what was the result? & How lucky were you?

I have never seen or watched any video where animals are predicting the outcome of a match, I am reading and learning about this possibility the very first time here and from this thread, this post would have made much more sense if you had included a video example of what you are actually talking about, this would have helped a lot of us to understand even much better though I still understand what you said here.

Well, we live in a world where anything is possible, and if people are made to believe that animals can accurately predict the outcome of sports games, then thats the cup of tea of those that will believe such cus myself can never believe in such to be honest with you.

[sompitonov]

They amuse people, but the problem arises when people take them as serious predictions and bet on them and lose. If someone starts making big decisions based on the calls or movements of these animals, then even if they win a match or two by chance, there is a high chance of losing money if they bet or invest solely on these animals. I personally do not trust any of these things, but in reality, the experiences of those who have trusted such things are almost always negative.

People and players need interesting and fun entertainment, and that's exactly what watching some animal choose the winner before the match is about. For me, it's all pure chance, which I refuse to believe, and I absolutely don't understand why other players bet their own money on it, and when they win, they're convinced they're right, until they place their final bet with their entire deposit and lose with enormous confidence. I think this is a common path for many players who trust such animal predictions.

[Miles2006]

Influencers also use this means to earn money either ways they know how to trick people to viewing the prediction made by animals and then they post the prediction. Influencers are starting to act selfish even when they’re aware these prediction will not earn a good profit instead they keep deceiving viewers, why will anyone wants to believe animals and at same time take predictions score from influencers? These influencers love pushing narrative favorable to a particular party.

[Kuchuku]

There are no animals that can predict. I don't believe in all this. Because all this is not true. This match does not depend on any animal and animal predictions. The results of the matches are revealed only through performance and effort. Animals are used to make predictions to confuse people. And the videos are spread to confuse people. Sometimes the results come true by accident. Through this, people are fooled. And when predictions are broadcast like this, the players lose confidence and morale. Which hinders their performance. In my opinion, these predictions should not be seen for betting

[JoyMarsha]

Am I the only one who doesn't know about these animals predicting the game of a thing? Still the same, how will animals predict a match and people take it to be correct, like the outcome of a match can be foreseen by animals. You can imagine, what football has turned out to be, what animals can get the correct results than we humans can do.

[shanz]

At first, I thought these animals were “predicting” outcomes purely by chance. But after watching a video, I realized the story isn’t what it looks like. There’s actually a smart way these videos are made to mislead people, because most of them are recorded before the game is even played (they actually record 3 results for the same match; 1X2). The correct result gets promoted while the 2 wrong predictions disappear.
In the end, there’s no cat, duck, octopus, or even elephant that can truly predict the result of a game 😄
Have you ever relied on a pre-match prediction like this, and what was the result? & How lucky were you?

I have never seen or watched any video where animals are predicting the outcome of a match, I am reading and learning about this possibility the very first time here and from this thread, this post would have made much more sense if you had included a video example of what you are actually talking about, this would have helped a lot of us to understand even much better though I still understand what you said here.

My bad, I thought that everyone had come across those videos at least once on Instagram or TikTok.
They’re the kind of reels where a cat (or any animal) “chooses” the winner by eating from the plate with the team flag (or just the country name as in the example)
I added this image to the first post ... I hope it will help you understand the concept behind these videos.

[Stepstowealth]

Have you ever relied on a pre-match prediction like this, and what was the result? & How lucky were you?

I have never relied on people who claimed that their animals or pets had special abilities to be able to predict the outcome of a game or sporting event because I always saw it as content on the Internet and knowing that you shouldn't believe everything you see on the Internet,, I have never believed them. Even if you are a human claiming to have such abilities to predict games correctly, I will find it very difficult believing you talk less of an animal.

I have never seen or watched any video where animals are predicting the outcome of a match, I am reading and learning about this possibility the very first time here and from this thread,

Really? I saw one some time ago, I think it was a pig, and that was during a World Cup tournament.

[mcdouglasx]

The simplest technique, and one that prognosticators of any lottery, match, or anything else you can imagine have always used, is this: several predictions are randomly sent to users. For example, the prognosticator gives three possible outcomes. Then, 30% of their subscribers receive one prediction, another 30% receive another, and 40% receive the most likely prediction, regardless of who wins. This maintains a base of engaged users who will provide advertising to help them reach 100% again, thus keeping their business alive.

This is smarter than giving everyone the same prediction and risking losing their customer base.

[bhadz]

The correct result gets promoted while the 2 wrong predictions disappear.
In the end, there’s no cat, duck, octopus, or even elephant that can truly predict the result of a game 😄
Have you ever relied on a pre-match prediction like this, and what was the result? & How lucky were you?

They're all coincidence and being put into hype because of the match. And that's why there's no way someone can accurately predict each outcome of the games. Animals and humans can give predictions but if it's about the actual good accuracy, it's hard to see 100% one do it. So, it's all mere guesses and relying on this strategy is just pure fun and love for your pets. I might do this sometime in the future but, if it's with a serious amount of money, I don't think that I'll ever do this. Because if you're just to have fun, there's nothing wrong with this or if you're ready to lose your money.

[Cryptomultiplier]

The correct result gets promoted while the 2 wrong predictions disappear.
In the end, there’s no cat, duck, octopus, or even elephant that can truly predict the result of a game 😄
Have you ever relied on a pre-match prediction like this, and what was the result? & How lucky were you?

They're all coincidence and being put into hype because of the match. And that's why there's no way someone can accurately predict each outcome of the games. Animals and humans can give predictions but if it's about the actual good accuracy, it's hard to see 100% one do it. So, it's all mere guesses and relying on this strategy is just pure fun and love for your pets. I might do this sometime in the future but, if it's with a serious amount of money, I don't think that I'll ever do this. Because if you're just to have fun, there's nothing wrong with this or if you're ready to lose your money.

There used to be the story of Octopus Dave, that was an octopus and predicted the outcome of matches, and there was also the double headed snake thought to have same ability. I never believed any of them because I have always thought it was just mere guesses that humans made to be some kind of spiritual thing and it is no different from an individual actually sitting or even standing to make a sure pick of who the winner is and win for sure.
It's all part of the entertainment and ruse of make believe in the society today.

[cryptoaddictchie]

At first, I thought these animals were “predicting” outcomes purely by chance. But after watching a video, I realized the story isn’t what it looks like. There’s actually a smart way these videos are made to mislead people, because most of them are recorded before the game is even played (they actually record 3 results for the same match; 1X2). The correct result gets promoted while the 2 wrong predictions disappear.
In the end, there’s no cat, duck, octopus, or even elephant that can truly predict the result of a game 😄
Have you ever relied on a pre-match prediction like this, and what was the result? & How lucky were you?

I think of it as a clever illusion more than a prediction, and once you see how it’s done, the magic disappears. We tend to remember the one hit and forget the many misses, which is exactly how these clips play with our bias. Still, it makes you wonder how often do we trust confident looking signals in betting without questioning what’s happening behind the scenes?

[rachael9385]

At first, I thought these animals were “predicting” outcomes purely by chance. But after watching a video, I realized the story isn’t what it looks like. There’s actually a smart way these videos are made to mislead people, because most of them are recorded before the game is even played (they actually record 3 results for the same match; 1X2). The correct result gets promoted while the 2 wrong predictions disappear.
In the end, there’s no cat, duck, octopus, or even elephant that can truly predict the result of a game 😄
Have you ever relied on a pre-match prediction like this, and what was the result? & How lucky were you?

How is this even possible? Animal's don't have logical reasoning so how is it possible for a dog to do such. it is obvious that it's just a random video edited to make it look like the dog was actually predicting the outcome of the game and that's not actually the case. These are reels you can see on social media platforms. like you said these videos are made to mislead people, it's basically just content

[Nahl]

I still remember paul the octopus predict Spain as the winner of world cup 2010 and his prediction was correct because at that time Spain is the winner and after this thing almost every big tournament people have putting the particular animal to predict the outcomes of the matches and it became an trending on social media however, i think some people have did that for fun only and if the prediction is correct i think it's nothing more than just a coincidence