Answer:
Creeping on its belly, curled into a ring. Eyes forever open, beware its lethal sting
Stealthy as a shadow in the dead of night, cunning but affectionate if given a bite. Never owned but often loved. At my sport considered cruel, but that's because you never know me at all.
The fans of the pied piper's smooth sound who are feared by elephants
Long slim and slender. Dark as homemade thunder. Keen eyes and peaked nose. Scares the Devil wherever it goes.
Which side of a cat has the most fur?
The 8 of us go forth and not back to protect our king from a foe's attack. What am I?