What has more legs, triops or a centipede?

3 Responses to What has more legs, triops or a centipede?

1. Carrie | December 29, 2009 at 9:45 pm | Reply

   Triops have 72 pairs of legs. Centipedes have on average 35 pairs…so Triops wins.

   http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/upk/projectsfolder/deadman/triops/triops.html
   http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-centiped.html

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2. rynkiedink | December 29, 2009 at 10:47 pm | Reply

   Definitely the triops.

   Triops: 72 pairs or 144 legs
   Centipede: 21 pairs or 42 legs

   I’ve also read that common centipedes have about 30 legs and variations of triops have about 80 legs. Either way, the triops have more legs.

   http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/upk/projectsfolder/deadman/triops/triops.html
   http://www.cut-the-knot.org/language/centipede.shtml

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3. stephanie s | December 29, 2009 at 11:45 pm | Reply

   the average triops has about 120 legs down it’s body, but a centipede has only 100 legs according to it’s name which means 100. if you’re wondering the triops was dead and dried out when the person counted the legs.

   http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/upk/projectsfolder/deadman/triops/triops.html
   http://www.cut-the-knot.org/language/centipede.shtml

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