First, the user asked: "How many legs does this animal have?" and wants the answer in curly brackets, like {9}.

Looking at the image, it's a zebra. Normally, zebras have four legs. But I need to count the legs in this specific image.

I see the zebra standing on what looks like sandy ground with grass in the background. The zebra has its legs in a walking position. Let me count the legs:

• There's a front left leg.

• A front right leg.

• A back left leg.

• A back right leg.

That's four legs. But I should double-check because the user might be tricking me or there might be something unusual.

The image shows the zebra from the side, so all four legs should be visible. Let me describe the posture: it's walking, so the legs are spread out. The front left leg is extended forward, the front right leg is on the ground, the back left leg is on the ground, and the back right leg is extended back. That's a typical walking stance for a quadruped.

I don't see any extra legs or anything missing. It looks like a normal zebra with four legs.

But the user mentioned that I'm Step3, a multimodal reasoning model, and this might be a test for visual reasoning. Is there any distortion or something? The image seems fine; it's a clear picture of a zebra.

Perhaps the user is referring to the fact that in some images or AI-generated content, animals might have abnormal numbers of legs, but this doesn't look like that. It's a realistic image.

Let me confirm: the zebra has two legs on the left side and two on the right, but since it's in motion, one might think there are more, but no, it's just four legs.

Counting explicitly:

1. Front left leg

2. Front right leg

3. Back left leg

4. Back right leg

Yes, four legs.

The answer should be a number in curly brackets, so I need to output {4}.

The user said "this animal," and it's clearly a zebra, which is a mammal with four legs.

I think I'm overcomplicating it. Probably, it's straightforward.

Final answer: the animal has 4 legs.