Short simple riddles

If you were swimming in the ocean and a big alligator attacked you, what should you do?

You have to look at me to say what I show you. I offer two different purposes but I am spelled the same and I am pronounced the same.

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Give me food, and I will live. Give me water, and I will die. What am I?

I live in the ocean. I have eight legs, two big claws and a tail. My body has a hard shell. I eat anything I can find. I am a...

What do you call a cat crossed with a fish?

What time of day, when written in a capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards and upside down?

Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All day I will follow no matter how fast you run, yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I'm quick when I'm thin and slow when I'm fat. The wind is my enemy.

My life can be measured in hours. I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe.