This is: a Squirrel.
It likes nuts. It will have a long fulfilling life of scampering about, and eating nuts. After it dies, it will be taken by an unscrupulous fellow who will scoop out his innards and replace them with cotton stuffing. He then will take little bits of plastic, carve them into horns, and glue them on his back. He will then sell him as "Squirrelzilla." Eventually, Squirrelzilla will be sold at auction for 8.8 hundred billion yen.
Connections:
Eater of: nuts.
Victim of: a trap.