2006-09-25 11:53:07 · 8 answers · asked by boo_will11 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It has 240 on each arm so times 240 by 8 and you get
240
x 8
1,920
2006-09-25 11:58:01 · answer #1 · answered by SO SASSY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An octopus has eight arms called tentacles. Each tentacle has 240 suction cups on it. If you multiply 8 times 240, you get 1920 suction cups!
2006-09-25 12:03:19 · answer #2 · answered by Niek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mature female E. dofleini have 2240 suckers, 280 on each arm, but males have fewer because there are only about 100 on the hectocoylized arm. (Toll, R. 1988. "The use of arm sucker number in octopodid systematics (Ceph.: Octopoda)" American Malacological Bulletin. 6(2):207-211. 1988). In at least shallow-water species of octopuses there seems to be a species-specific number of suckers per arm that is reached at a size less than the maximum size, with the number on the hectocotylus also species-specific. In the deep-water species, this doesn't necessarily hold.
2006-09-25 12:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by c0mplicated_s0ul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enough to stick to the ceiling!
2006-09-25 11:55:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the species
2006-09-25 12:01:15 · answer #5 · answered by Bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They probably have several thousand....
Thanks for the extra points...
2006-09-25 11:57:06 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lot
2006-09-25 11:55:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its eight right? or is that legs...i forget
2006-09-25 11:55:33 · answer #8 · answered by chef_q_c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋