Octopuses Don’t Have Eight Legs

How many legs does an octopus have? The answer should be easy. But not any more.

For new research suggests they are not really eight-legged denizens of the deep, as popularly assumed; instead they use their front limbs more like arms — and can even tackle a Rubik’s Cube.

Octopuses use their back two limbs largely for propulsion and use the front six for a variety of tasks, with the front two doing most of the exploratory work, said Alex Gerard, the curator of the Sea Life center in Brighton on the southern English coast.

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Tagged as: Alex Gerard, Brighton, England, Limbs, Octopuses, Propulsion, Sea Life Center

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