Rugby World Cup: Obano the prediction giraffe chooses the Blues once more

Obano “persists and indicators”: the forecasting giraffe from the Branféré animal park, in Morbihan, on Thursday selected France because the winner of the match towards Italy on the Rugby World Cup, by nonetheless consuming the “slushy” on the blue/white/facet crimson. “We’re on an equivalent set-up, and we’re altering the flags, there isn’t any affect at our stage. Obano persists and indicators, he as soon as once more went on the slip with the flag of France”, s ‘is delighted Hélène Perraud, communications supervisor for the animal park.

“The giraffe hesitated, like each time”

That is the fourth time in 4 predictions for Les Bleus matches that Obano has chosen to eat his ration of slip, a mix of soy and oatmeal, on the facet of the French flag. The male giraffe, which measures virtually six meters and is eighteen years previous, then devoured the slip of the opposite tricolor flag, however in inexperienced white crimson colours. “The slip that we use to make predictions can be used once we do coaching periods to have the ability to take a blood check or be capable of deal with the hooves. For the giraffe it’s a day like some other, besides that as an alternative of placing a pile of slip, we put two,” Alexandre Petry, scientific zoological director of the park, which welcomes some 300,000 guests yearly and which homes 1,500 animals over 45 hectares, defined to AFP. “The giraffe hesitated, like each time,” he stated.

Fabien Galthié’s males play a decisive match Friday night in Lyon towards the Italians to achieve the quarter-finals of the World Cup, in group A. For the animal park, this little recreation of animal predictions, which receives a robust media response, permits additionally to debate the problems of giraffe conservation. “Giraffes are threatened, there are solely 60,000 left in Africa, that’s not many,” recalled Alexandre Petry.