How many "legs" does a squid have?
Squid usually have two tentacles and eight arms that are also called legs. A giant squid's tentacles can be up to 10 meters long, and the arms up to 3 meters long. The smallest squid is only 2.5 centimeters in length.
Squid have hooks that lie on the suckers of the tentacles. These are used to grab prey. Squid have the largest nervous system in the animal kingdom. They have the ability to change colors because they have translucent skin. The colors come from chromatophores, which are pigment cells that are on the outside of the skin that expand or contract to show colors.
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8 Comments
Bob Katz
Squid do not have legs. I guessed correctly but the correct answer should be 0 if you are asking the word legs.
Olga Marie Nelson
They are tentacles not legs
James Kuczero
A squid has 8 legs...no quotation marks necessary, and two tentacles, which would be "arms" if you want to be cute. The answer is wrong. How about a little more research in the future.
Lavias Darkrai Kayl
Ok everyone the answer is 10 legs
Ström Silverhammare
This was a trick question, but the "Legs" were referring to the arms and tentacles.
George R. Horn
Sorry but you people are wrong, they have 8 Legs, the two long appendages with the pads contain hooks that are use to tear apart their prey, I am a underwater photographer that has displays at the Brooklyn Aquarium. Again don't know who you used as your source but tell them they are incorrect.
Jerry Baiamonte
BS question. 8 arms or legs and 2 tentacles. The tentacles are not referred to as legs or arms.
Jerry Baiamonte
BS question. 8 arms or legs and 2 tentacles. The Tentacles are not referred to as legs or arms.