A Chinese monkey described as the “king of prophets” has tipped
Donald Trump for the US presidency, a tourism park said, after the
creature successfully predicted the winner of football’s European
Championship final earlier this year.
Known as Geda — which means knots or goose bumps — the prophetic primate
is the latest in a series of purportedly psychic animals that have
popped up around the world since Paul the Octopus correctly predicted
multiple 2010 World Cup matches.
The simian seer, wearing a yellow shirt emblazoned with his title,
was given a chance to pick between life-sized cut-outs of Republican
Trump and his Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton.
After “deliberate thought” the mystic monkey chose Trump, Shiyanhu
Ecological Tourism Park said Thursday in a statement on its website.
Without even waiting, he congratulated the cardboard candidate with a
kiss on the lips.
The five-year-old simian correctly predicted Portugal would win the
2016 European football championship in July, two days before Cristiano
Ronaldo’s side prevailed 1-0, online news portal ifeng.com reported at
the time.
Then, the monkey was presented with the national flags of Portugal
and France with bananas on both. It finally walked towards the national
flag of Portugal and ate a banana there, the report said.
Geda’s antics seem to have been inspired by the oracular octopus Paul.
In 2010, Paul the Octopus became the world’s most famous mollusc when
he foretold the results of every match played by Germany at the World
Cup in South Africa, as well as Spain’s victory against the Netherlands
in the final.