Answer:
What screams when put in a pot of boiling water?
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.
How a big, hibernating mammal would show affection.
What has no arms, hands, or legs but moves the earth?
Which side of a cat has the most fur?
I hold two meanings. With one I may be broken, with the other I hold on. What am I?