Answer:
The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.
The ones in the sea are prickly, but the ones on the street might pickpocket you.
People take me on walks and I run and have fun. What am I?
I am the only animal to have the same Latin and common name.
I have legs but seldom walkอพ I backbite many but never talkอพ I seek places that can hide me because those that feed me cannot abide me
Dark, feathery, and popular in Baltimore and fantasy books.