Answer:
What goes in the water black and comes out red?
I am the only animal to have the same Latin and common name.
What has a coat? Hugs you not in sympathy? Whose smile you'd rather not see? Whose stance is a terrible thing to see? Who is it that brave men run away from? Whose fingers are clawed? Whose sleep lasts for months? And who's company we shunt?
A huge mythical animal said to resemble a whale.
Though desert men once called me God, today men call me mad. For I wag my tail when I am angry. And growl when I am glad.
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?