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Prophetic Monkey Picks Trump as Next US President

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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.

Pet Monkey to Get inheritance From A Childless Indian Couple

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A childless couple in India has decided to bequeath their entire property, house, land and bank deposits to their pet monkey, news reports said on Thursday. Sabista and Brijesh Srivastava, residents of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh State, have set up a trust that would oversee their property after their death. According to the couple, their main beneficiary will be their monkey, Chunmun.

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The couple was in the process of selecting wildlife enthusiasts as members of the Chunmun Trust, which would look after the welfare of monkeys in India. Sabista Srivastava said she got her first monkey Tintin from a neighbour who was maltreating the animal and when she objected sold it to her. Tintin died soon after and the Srivastavas bought Chunmun in 2005 and brought him up in luxury.

According to the report, his room has an air-conditioner for the summer and a heater in winter. In 2010, Chunmun was married to Bitti, a female monkey. “Every year, on the monkeys’ wedding anniversary, the Srivastavas host a dinner for about 1,000 people and feed wild monkeys in the neighbourhood. “Ever since Tintin and Chunmun came into our lives, we have prospered and we feel it is due to them. “They are our children and it is our duty to ensure that they are well looked after even when we are gone,’’ Sabista Srivastava, a lawyer, was quoted as saying by Asian Age.