Do any animals have 12 legs?

Symphylans have more than 200 species, with the young having 12 limbs while the adults grow up to 24. They lack eyes, and therefore, their sense organs come in the form of long antennae. These arthropods are similar to centipedes; however, they are smaller and shiny.
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What animal has 15 legs?

When (and if) Iowans think about centipedes they probably picture the house centipede. This common home and garden resident is up to 1.5 inches long and has 15 pairs of very long, slender legs stretched proudly to the sides of the body.
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What kind of animal has 14 legs?

The giant Bathynomus is a deep sea crustacean with 14 legs.

During the 14-day expedition to the deep sea off the coast of West Java in Indonesia, the team collected over 12,000 deep-sea creatures - of which the gigantic cockroach was one. The cockroach has now been identified as belonging to a new species.
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Does any animal have 20 legs?

Centipedes are long, thin arthropods with one pair of legs per body segment. Despite "centi" in their name, which implies 100 legs, centipedes can have fewer than 20 legs to more than 300 legs, but they always have an odd number of pairs of legs.
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Is there a 10 legged animal?

Ten-legged animals belong exclusively to the arthropod group, which contains crustaceans and insects. You'll find most -- but not all -- 10-legged animals living in the sea. Crabs, lobsters and crayfish, shrimp, and in the desert, their is the scorpion. They all have 10 legs.
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Animals: Number of legs (Grade 3)



Do any animals have 18 legs?

The myriapods comprise four classes of multi-legged arthropods with at least 18 legs (9 pairs) in adults.
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Are there 6 legged spiders?

The simple answer is no. All spiders come with eight legs. However, that is not say to say that there are no spiders with six legs. It is common to come across spiders that are missing a leg or two, or even more.
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Do ants have 6 legs?

The ant's six legs are attached to the thorax. The abdomen contains the ant's vital organs and reproductive parts. This is also called the gaster. Ants in the formicinae subfamily have an acidopore to emit formic acid when threatened.
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What bug has 8 legs?

The arachnids have the following characteristics: They have 8 legs. They don't have antennae and wings.
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What animal has 32 brains?

Leech has 32 brains. A leech's internal structure is segregated into 32 separate segments, and each of these segments has its own brain. Leech is an annelid.
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Is there an animal with 7 legs?

A freak sheep with seven legs has been born in China. The adorable lamb was welcomed into the world by Inner Mongolian farmer Wang Jingfeng late January. Within minutes it was running and jumping around, and drinking milk from its mother.
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Is there an animal with 5 legs?

One of the world's best loved and iconic animals has been keeping a secret. It turns out kangaroos may be the world's only “pentapedal” animals, effectively having five legs.
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Do millipedes have 1000 legs?

Though no known millipede species has 1,000 legs, common species of this burrowing arthropod have between 40 and 400 legs – more than enough to move the millipede forwards with impressive heft.
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Do centipedes have 100 legs?

Despite a common name that means 100 legs, Australian species of centipede can have from 15 to 191 pairs of legs. Australia currently has 128 species of centipede out of a worldwide fauna of between 2,500 and 3,000 species.
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Which animal has more than 30 legs?

Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs, ranging from 30 to 382. Centipedes always have an odd number of pairs of legs. Consequently, no centipede has exactly 100 legs. Like spiders and scorpions, centipedes are predominantly carnivorous.
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How many legs are in spider?

This is no joke; spiders have 8 legs that they walk with, however, they also have a pair that they use sort of like hands. These front pair of legs are referred to pedipalps or just palps for short. How do spiders make webs?
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Do ants poop?

Yes, ants poop. They have an excretory system that allows them to get rid of the waste produced through digestion. Like humans, an ant's body uses what it needs, and the leftovers come out as poop. Even in insects, waste poses a danger.
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Do Fly have 6 legs?

Flies have a pair of fully developed wings on the thorax, and a knobby, vestigial second pair of wings, called halteres, that are used primarily for balance. The fly's six legs also connect to the thorax and are made of five segments.
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Do all spiders have 8 eyes?

Spiders usually have eight eyes but few have good eyesight.

Spiders usually have eight eyes (some have six or fewer), but few have good eyesight. They rely instead on touch, vibration and taste stimuli to navigate and find their prey.
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What kind of spider has 10 legs?

Although the common name given to these spiders may not conjure up anything intimidating, camel spiders are, perhaps, the most intimidating spiders that have ever been described by researchers. These spiders possess ten legs, and the have the largest jaws of any arachnid species. They also grow to enormous sizes.
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What insect has 1000 legs?

The word "millipede" means "a thousand feet,” but the name is a bit of an exaggeration. Until recently, scientists had only found a millipede with around 750 legs.
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What animal has only one leg?

Moving using only one leg is known as unipedal movement. Many bivalvia and nearly all gastropoda molluscs have evolved only one foot. Through accidents (i.e. amputation) or birth abnormalities it is also possible for an animal or a human being to end up with only a single leg.
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What creature has the most legs?

A newfound species of millipede has more legs than any other creature on the planet—a mind-boggling 1,300 of them. The leggy critters live deep below Earth's surface and are the only known millipedes to live up to their name.
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