Harry the croc picks Labour in Australian snap poll

Dirty Harry the saltwater crocodile has picked, or should that be bitten, Australia’s Labour Prime Minister Julia Gillard to win Saturday’s cliffhanger general election.

Given the choice of two dead chickens, one with Gillard’s face stuck on the carcass and the other with conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott’s face, Harry snapped up Gillard. The Abbott chicken carcass was left hanging at Crocosaurus Cove enclosure in the Darwin, local media reported. 8 Election-eve opinion polls say Australia is evenly divided on who should win the election, with 10 percent of 1.4 million people undecided.

Harry, who weighs 720 kgs (1,590 lb) and is about 5 metres (16 ft) long, correctly picked Spain to win the soccer World Cup last month, just like Paul, the “psychic” octopus from a German aquarium who became a media star during the tournament. Reuters