Yes, ten. But it gets goofier. Those ten legs aren't all for walking.
Most of them—eight, to be exact—are walking legs. They’re the spindly ones that help a lobster scuttle along the ocean floor.
But the front two? Those are the giant claws. We call them chelipeds in science class, but you can just call them "the crusher and the pincher." They're technically legs, too.
So think of it this way: two arms dressed up as legs. That’s a lobster’s life—forever confusing a buffet line with a gym workout.
Wait, What About the Little Swimmerets?
Now, your brain might be screaming, "But they have those tiny flappy things under their tail!" You're sharp. Those are swimmerets.
Swimmerets are not legs. They’re small, feathery appendages used for swimming and, in the ladies’ case, holding onto eggs.
Also, lobsters have antennae. Two long ones and two short ones. But those don’t count, either. They're basically the lobster’s version of a moody teenager’s headphones—great for sensing the world, useless for walking.
