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for the same reason that you have 2 arms and 2 legs...that is how their Creator designed them

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they are notb arms thereb tenticles

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Q: Why do octopuses have eight arms?
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Which sea animal has eight arms?

An Octopus


How many arms do octopuses have?

It has a total of eight legs. Six arms and two legs.


Do octopuses have fins or tails?

First of all, the plural of octopus is, "octopi." They have neither fins or tails, rather eight arms to help them move about.


What is the supporting details of the octopuses 8 arms?

the octopus use its arms to catch its prey


How can you tell a octopus is not a jellyfish?

Octopuses are not transparent, and are usually larger, and shaped totally different from jellyfish. They have eight arms, while jellyfish have tentacles, string-like in shape.


I have as many arms as an octopus what am i?

spider but octopuses can have more or less arms due to predetors or groth malfunction


Do octopuses catch prey with their arms and then kill it by biting it with their tough beak?

Yes.


What is a tentical?

a tentacle is a squid or octopuses arms like on sponge bob, squidward tenticals!


What animals with eight legs?

harvestmen, scorpions, spiders, mites, ticks, and octopuses


Do they have eight arms?

Mollusks do NOT have arms.


Octopuses are noted for?

eight tentacles? giving their life to support young? living in the oceans?


Do invertebrates have four limbs?

No, some such as worms have no limbs whereas insects have six and octopuses have eight.