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A huge mythical animal said to resemble a whale.
I'm a bird that can repeat the words you say. What am I?
I am covered in quills for protection. What am I?
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.
He calls in the morning, the day to renew, if his owner gets hungry, he'll be turned to stew. What is he?
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?