Riddle #169

Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I will still sound the same. I am a five letter word. What am I?

You can easily touch me, but not see me. You can throw me out, but not away. What am I?

With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?

I'm very, very big. I like to eat peanuts and hay. I have four legs and two big ears. My long nose is called a trunk. I am an...

I’m teary-eyed but never cry, silver-tongued, but never lie. double-winged, but never fly, air-cooled, but never dry. What am I?

I live in the ocean. I like to eat crabs. I can change colors. My eight legs are called tentacles. I am an...

I have a face like a tree and skin like the sea. A great beast I am, yet small vermin frighten me. What am I?

I sleep when you are awake, I am awake when you fall asleep. I can fly but no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?

I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg, I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole, I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole. What am I?

What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?

I have foot, but there are no legs! What Am I?