Answer:
A thousand wheels but move I do not. Call me what I am call me a lot.
I am carried by mad animals.
Face with a tree skin like the sea. A great beast I am. Yet vermin frightens me.
I break away from my pack. I create holes in my victims. I can travel for miles and then disappear. I am part of a dying breed. What am I?
A necessity to some a treasure to many I'm best enjoyed among pleasant company. Some like me hot some like me cold. Some prefer mild some like me bold.
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.