You walk in a room and on the bed riddle answer and solution explained

Getting to solve riddles, puzzles and brain teasers online is one of many things that one gets indulged into to spend ir time with some productivity. While se puzzles help one develop critical and analytical skills, y are also fun to solve. Amidst lockdown, more and more puzzles are being shared and one of m is a Doctor Dolittle riddle that has been doing rounds on social media.

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What is Doctor Dolittle Riddle?

riddle typically reads like this:

Riddle me this. You walk into Dr. Dolittle’s room and see a bed. On bed re are 2 dogs, 4 cats, a giraffe, 5 cows and a duck. re are also 3 chickens flying above bed. How many legs are on floor?

Some versions of riddle also read: 

You walk into a room and see a bed. On bed re are 2 dogs, 4 cats, a giraffe, 5 cows and a duck. re are also 3 chickens flying above bed. How many legs are on floor?

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Answer:

Six legs.

most accepted answer for this riddle is six. While some people think answer to be zero as think that all animals listed are on bed and chickens flying is a distraction. So y end up giving answer zero to it.

But trick to solve this riddle is, to understand that though all animals are on bed, bed itself has four legs. In addition to that, two legs of person walking into room make it a total of six legs. As riddle has t asked a specific pair of legs, any pair of legs can be taken into consideration.

However, re have been some people, who point out that t all beds have legs and bed sits directly on floor. In that case, answer becomes 2 legs. In this case, only man’s pair of legs have to be taken into consideration.

So to conclude, answer is six legs. Four legs of bed and two of man who walks into room. Arguably, depending on bed type, on several occasion, answer can be two legs as well.

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