fact 50: How many arms does an octopus have?

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fact 50: How many arms does an octopus have?

Now this may surprise you to know that an octopus technically have only 6 arms and 2 legs, (8 tentacles in total).
 This is according to different aquariums and scientists observing octopus in captivity and in the wild, have spotted that octopus designate different tentacles for different things. 
After observing octopus for along time (I couldn't find out how long) the aquariums and scientists noticed that they were only walking on 2 legs and using the other 6 to pick things up and open things (like jars) and moving objects. 
Octopus have 2,240 suction cups in total witch cover there 8 tentacles.
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