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Why do small creatures like insects have more than 4 legs while larger creatures have 4?

April 26, 2017Creatures insects larger legs small

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Why do small creatures like insects have more than 4 legs while larger creatures have 4?

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Insects (with six legs) and spiders (with eight legs) have specialized activities in which a multitude of legs is advantageous. The centipede and millipede have many more legs than that, and slugs and snails have no actual legs at all.