Answer:
Dies half its life. Lives the rest. Dances without music. Breathes without breath.
Metal or bone I may be, many teeth I have and always bared. Yet my bite harms no one. And ladies delight in my touch.
I tremble at each breath of air, and yet can heaviest burdens bear.
What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but no head. I cannot see. I'm neat and tidy as can be.
Special abilities and brightly colored underwear are all you need to be one of these.