Answer:
A nutcracker up in a tree
What is common to eat before it's born and after it's dead?
Disgusting creatures that would survive a nuclear strike.
It's black and every time it speaks it says its name.
I am a large mammal that lives in the ocean and sprays water from a blowhole. What am I?
The 8 of us go forth and not back to protect our king from a foe's attack. What am I?