Answer:
The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many more behind.
It has 8 arms and lots of ink but can't write a word.
Face with a tree, skin like the sea. A great beast I am. Yet vermin frightens me.
He is not the skinniest of felines.
A mysterious, fantastic creature, It has one defining feature, And for humans at their worst, In their eyes it's just a horse
What is it that makes tears without sorrow. And takes its journey to heaven?