Mani the Parakeet is a Malaysian born Rose-Ringed parrot residing in Singapore. It has been an astrologer 'assistant' to M. Muniyappan since 2005. Muniyappan is locally known to makes 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. At one point on July 5, 2010, a day before the Uruguay-Netherlands semi-final match, Mani topped Google's "Hot Searches" in Singapore. 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, and most of these come to see the celebrity parrot. Only one of his predictions, the Uruguay vs Netherlands Semi-Finals prediction has been wrong. As a result, Mani made a new prediction for the World Cup Final between Netherlands and Spain. It has tipped a Dutch win over Spain. On the other hand, fellow oracle star Paul the Octopus has gone for a Spanish victory. It is deemed to be a face-off over superiority between the two. Mani's method is simple, Mani exits his small wooden cage and chooses between two white cards — each hiding the flag of the countries of a match that will be played. Mani will pick one of the cards up with his beak and flip it over, revealing the winner for the match.
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