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What has more legs, triops or a centipede?
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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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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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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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