Answer:
What build its house with earthen string and ensnares its prey with a biting sting?
The fans of the pied piper's smooth sound who are feared by elephants
I can 'fly' underwater and have eight arms. What am I?
It has plenty of backbone but doesn't have a let. It peels like an orange but it comes from an egg.
What has a coat? Hugs you not in sympathy? Whose smile you'd rather not see? Whose stance is a terrible thing to see? Who is it that brave men run away from? Whose fingers are clawed? Whose sleep lasts for months? And who's company we shunt?
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?