*LOL* That�s exactly what I meant when I wrote THIS in another thread just a few minutes ago:
�The Spanish fear that some disappointed football fans might kill, fry and eat him, so they have offered to grant him asylum...�
Spain�s defeat of Germany in the semifinals prompted some Germans to wonder about how he would taste grilled. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero fretted about the safety of �El Pulpo Paul,� as he�s known in Spain, and offered Paul protection.
�I am concerned about the octopus,� Zapatero said. �I�m thinking about sending in a team to protect the octopus, because obviously it was very spectacular that he should get Spain�s victory right from there.�
In response to hundreds of angry e-mails from disappointed Germans, the aquarium actually did take extra precautions, Porwoll said.
�I even told our guards and people at the entrance to keep a close look at possible for football fans coming after Paul for revenge,� he said. He added, however, that the number of love declarations and requests for predictions outweighed the hate mail.