Germany’s cross-eyed opossum, Heidi has died this afternoon at the age of 3 and half years old.
The creature that made its first public appearance on American TV this June predicting Oscar winners sadly died of old age. The star of Leipzig Zoo became a national treasure in December of last year after her photo was published worldwide in Bild newspaper.
"We did everything possible to find the cause of her immobility," Leipzig Zoo Director Joerg Junhold said in the statement.
Heidi is the third celebrity animal to pass away in Germany this year, Knut the polar bear, who became internationally famous as a cub when Berlin zoo hand-reared him, dired after an epileptic fit in March this year.
Last October, Paul the octopus died at the age of two. He made headlines in 2010 after correctly predicting the results of each of Germany's World Cup football matches and accurately tipping Spain to beat the Netherlands in the final.
It’s a gambler’s worst nightmare for big events like the World Cup and the Oscars and here’s hoping the German Wild Life will produce another predicting animal that will surely have the bookies panicking.
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