Without further ado, please meet Fred the Ferret, the latest psychic animal predictions guide for Euro 2012.
The Kharkiv resident follows on from Paul the Octopus, who became the real star of the 2010 World Cup as he selected results which came true.
Paul was retired after the tournament and died the following year, so Fred will hope not to befall the same fate.
But Fred is not alone. A veritable menagerie of animals will be predicting results in Ukraine and Poland, with the Soothsayer Hog in Kiev and Citta the Elephant in Krakow also foretelling results.
Kharkiv fan zone organiser Sergei Kharkov said: 'We have chosen the cutest little animal.'
That's debatable, if you see him with his mouth open. He will have to choose between two bowls of fresh beef to make his prediction, with each dish featuring a flag of the teams playing.
Meanwhile, Citta will be using apples which stand for 'win', 'lose' and 'draw' to make predictions.
She had to earn her place at the Euro 2012 table, seeing off competition from Katherine the Donkey and Jacko the Parrot by picking the right result in the Champions League final.
The Soothsayer Hog is being well-treated for the tournament, having his own little house built for him in the Kiev fan zone.
The organisers of the zone claim the hog is 'an expert on the mysteries of football.'
But he will have to go some way to beat Paul the Octopus, who picked the right result of every match Germany played in, as well as predicting Spain to beat Holland in the final.
Although Paul met a sad demise he has a successor in Otopuses Paulus, born in Germany but living in a Portuguese aquarium in Porto, who is also planning on picking Euro 2012 results.
By SPORTSMAIL REPORTER
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