Answer:
The fans of the pied piper's smooth sound who are feared by elephants
These animals hang out in the mist.
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.
I am the only animal to have the same Latin and common name.
Even if my life is taken eight still remain.
I hold two meanings. With one I may be broken, with the other I hold on. What am I?