Vengeful TV Host Throws Octopus Into Blender

Relative of Paul the psychic cephalopod meets grisly end
By Marie Morris,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 12, 2010 3:57 PM CDT

And you thought the run on octopus recipes was bad—a relative of Paul the newly retired World Cup psychic wound up in a blender on Argentine TV, reports the UK Sun. "Adios," Roberto Pettinato croons to the "pulpo Nazi" as he takes shooting the messenger to a whole new level. But "relax," Barry Petchesky blogs for Deadspin. "The octopus was dead. They're killed all the time, because they're delicious." (More Paul the octopus stories.)

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