In breaking news, Sydney’s very own psychic penguins accurately predicted that the Matildas would win against the Republic of Ireland in the opening FIFA Women’s World Cup match, and yes – this is bird magic.
Sydney’s Gentoo penguins have made headlines for their love lives before, but now, it's proven that they can also tell the future.
The psychic penguin action went down at Sealife Sydney Aquarium last week, and involved two of the Gentoo penguin keepers hopping into the enclosure and holding up an Irish and Australian flag respectively. An official FIFA Women's World Cup soccer ball was placed in the middle of them on the icy ground, with the penguins then channelling all their football glory dreams and kicking (yes, really kicking) the ball towards a flag of their choice. This is obviously better than a crystal ball.
In this case, it was the Australian flag that took the hit. Unconscious bias? Maybe. Otherworldly cosmic powers? Almost certainly.
Now, with the 1–0 result coming through with last night's game in favour of our very own Matildas, we're convinced that these birds know something we don't.
We are told that as the World Cup continues to sparkle up Sydney, the psychic penguins will continue making their predictions.
Time will only tell if they're able to keep up their winning future-telling streak.