Starting with any C, using the move of a chess knight, can you find the letters of Christmas in the correct order?

My 7658 is a large stick.
My 5634 is a strong desire.
My 712 holds animals.
My 845 is a fish.
What am I?

After a day picking strawberries I had a basket full.

I ate 5 and gave Alex half of the remaining.

I then ate another 3 and gave Blake one third of the remaining.

I ate another 6 and then gave Charlie two thirds of the remaining.

I now had 34 strawberries left. How many did I start with?

In the following line, cross out nine letters such that the remaining letters spell a well known animal.

ENILNEEPLETHTAENRST