Photo: Have you met Shaheen, the #WorldCup predicting camel in Dubai? #Brazil2014

The star of World Cup 2010 might have been Paul the Octopus, but this time around a certain 'ship of the desert' is making waves online.

As the 2014 World Cup continues in Brazil, many animal soothsayers have emerged, from chickens to turtles and more. But our favourite has to be UAE-based camel Shaheen.
Discovered by a videographer working for local newspaper Gulf News, Shaheen has been predicting the winners of key matches daily.
"From the depths of the Dubai desert comes the four-hooved World Cup prediction machine that is Shaheen the Camel," Gulf News said.
"Discovered by a Gulf News videographer with a penchant for dune-based fun, Shaheen declared himself ready at the flutter of an oversized eyelash for the challenge of guessing the outcome of Brazil 2014 matches."
The formula is simple: Shaheen lounges in his domain (the desert) with two signboards representing the playing teams. The board he knocks off is the winner - or so he says.
But is Shaheen any good? Well, he's been right four out of six times, so we're going to have to say yes. The humped beast had his first wrong pick on Monday, predicting Portugal over Germany (the Germans destroyed Ronaldo's boys) and also chose Brazil over Mexico for yesterday's match (it ended in a draw).  But never fear, we still have a long way to go.

This is what Shaheen has picked so far.

BRZ vs CRO	June 12	Brazil	Correct
ESP vs NTH	June 13	Netherlands	Correct
ENG vs ITL	June 14	Italy	Correct
ARG vs BOS	June 15	Argentina	Correct
GER vs POR	June 16	Portugal	Wrong
MEX vs BRA	June 17	Brazil	Wrong