Answer:
I am an animal named after the animal that I eat.
I climb trees but Iām not a cat I hibernate but Iām not a bear I eat nuts but Iām not a bird Iām a type of rodent but Iām not a rat I have a bushy tail but Iām not a fox
Small edible creature from the sea that is often served at restaurants.
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.
What is that which, while it lives, constantly changes its habit, that is buried before it is dead, and whose tomb is valued wherever it is found?
I hold two meanings. With one I may be broken, with the other I hold on. What am I?