Answer:
I have eight to spare and am covered with hair.
What animal keeps the best time?
To you, rude would I never be, Though I flag my tongue for all to see.
What screams when put in a pot of boiling water?
I have legs but seldom walk; I backbite many but never talk; I seek places that can hide me because those that feed me cannot abide me
If it’s information you seek, come and see me. If it’s pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three. What am I?