Itongadol.- Max, a red neck lemur, who has lived at the Safari for 12 years, is an animal of many talents.
A lemur at the Zoological center Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan Safari has been predicting the outcome of the 2014 FIFA World Cup matches.
Max, a red neck lemur, who has lived at the Safari for 12 years was chosen over other animals “because he is so friendly,” spokeswomen Sagit Horowitz said.
“There was no need to train him at all,” Horowitz said.
She said they let Max choose which food he wants to eat out of boxes with the country flag on them.
“We put three dishes in front of him, she said. “Two have flags of the competing countries and the third in the middle written ‘tie’”.
Max’s job is to pick which dish he wants to eat from first.
So far Max has correctly predicted seven out of 12 matches Horowitz said. His winning predictions include: Brazil, Holland, Columbia and Costa Rica.
Max makes his predictions early in the morning before visitors arrive.
She said the idea to have Max predict the games was inspired an octopus named Paul who bet on games in the 2010 World Cup.