Before the opening of the WBC = World Baseball Classic of baseball, "Olivia", a large parakeet at the zoo in Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture, predicted the victory or defeat of the first match of the Japanese national team on the 9th.
[Click here for details of the Japan national warm-up match against Orix]
"Olivia", a large parakeet "Gray Parrot" at "Nasu Animal Kingdom" in Nasu Town, is known for predicting the outcome of international sporting events. I predicted the victory or defeat of the Japanese national team against China.
On the 7th, national flags of Japan and China were set up on a stand that looked like a baseball stadium, and at the signal of the keepers, we went to pick up the flag of the team that we expected to win.
Olivia made a gesture as if she was wondering which flag to choose, and when she finally chose the Japanese flag, the audience erupted in applause.
Olivia has predicted a total of 54 games so far, of which 25 have been predicted with a hit rate of close to 50%.
However, in last year's soccer World Cup, all four matches of the Japanese national team's winning and losing predictions were dropped, and it is said that they are in a bad mood recently.
A woman from Utsunomiya City, who visited with her family, said, "I saw them worrying, so I think Japan will win in a close battle."
Nozomi Oikawa The breeder said, "I don't think the predictions will be false this time."
Olivia will also predict the victory or defeat of the remaining three matches of the first round of the Japanese national team on the 10th of this month.
[Click here for information on the WBC Japan National Team]