Can someone please help me solve this riddle?

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Was put on parents group chat and driving me mad. Person posting says it's so easy that even 'toddlers could work it out if they read it properly'.

Riddle - there are three tarantulas in a round tank and five tarantulas in a rectangle tank. How many legs are in the rectangle tank?

I did the obvious 5x8 = 40 but obviously that's not it...anyone any idea?

No idea but I'm posting so I can see the answer

Is the round tank inside the rectangular tank?

Is the round tank supposed to be inside the rectangle tank or something? Is there an accompanying picture? From what you've posted, 5x8=40 is correct.

Placemarking. I've no idea 🤷‍♀️

Is it one? There's an L, an E, and a G in the phrase 'rectangle tank'.
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Please don't let this be another Boswell...

None. The tarantulas self identify as snakes.

Is the answer 1? As there is one l-e-g in the words rectangle tank?!

Is there a posh name for spider legs that isn't legs so the answer would be 0

No picture accompanying it.

Ohh that might be in @HerringGull, will check with him

rectangle tank? Is it something to do with the wording? Wouldn’t it be more common to say rectangular?

Shouldn’t it be rectangular? Not rectangle?

Without sounding daft, have you definitely copied the riddle word for word... because I can't see anything to suggest anything other than 40. "How many legs does the rectangle tank have?", for example, would be zero... The tank doesn't have legs.

There's no 's' in 'rectangle tank' so how many legs doesn't make sense or maybe I'm overthinking it.

Yes I copied it word by word - rectangle tank rather than rectangular tank. Awaiting his response if he could hurry

I hope he hurries - I can’t concentrate until I know the answer

Even Google doesn't have a clue!!

Oh I really don't want to become invested in this in case it turns out to be another Boswell...

If it is one l,e and g I’m not going to be happy! It’s a bit of a disappointing riddle answer.

Just place marking for the answer. Add long as it's not Boswell

I'd say 8, at best, as tarantulas are cannibals, but that's a bit grim of an answer when the question is referring to toddlers working it out!

No idea but want to find out!

Or 8 legs, because tarantulas eat each other? So there would only be 1 left?

None, a rectangle tank has no legs, I think I've seen this somewhere before.

Would there be more legs if they’d shed? #overthinking