interesting find, after all these years...

I always thought they had 8 arms

Me too!

I always heard them referred to arms as well, but
this debate is ended easily, they have eight appendages.

Neither arms or legs, they are tentacles!

I always get confused do they have eight tentacles or eight testicles?

interesting and great to know

Thanks for all your comments! Let's learn at least one new thing every day!

Some people can eat with there feet.

Some people can eat with their feet.

The word is ultimately derived from the Greek Ὀκτώπους, which means "eight footed". However, I also have always thought of them as arms. To confuse things further, they are members of class Cephalopoda, which means "head-foot". Judging by that, they have nine feet - but, what's in a name?