Answer:
What build its house with earthen string and ensnares its prey with a biting sting?
What two animals do you take to bed with you?
Though desert men once called me God, today men call me mad. For I wag my tail when I am angry. And growl when I am glad.
Even if my life is taken eight still remain.
What has a brown coat, a long tail, and lives in house or shed but most active while you're in bed?
Strip the skin under my skin, and my flesh you'll reveal. It tastes sweet and tart, now throw out the peel. What is it?