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Possum. Five possum. I love them.

Lemur.

Spiders. I have, on more than one occation, collected spiders at work to stock up on the ones that died at home.

bunny

I'm a falconer so I've let many raptors into my home and vehicle. Birds have very sensitive lungs so I do give a lot of thought to air quality in those spaces though. No idling cars or near them for a length of time, no candles, no teflon, that kind of stuff.

Nice try druid

I'm not letting anything in my house that's not reasonably certain to be housetrained.

I suppose if it's a short ride or in an outdoor space, anything non-venomous and between the size of a fly and a goose is cool. (Bats are honorarily venomous, because they carry hella disease)

Growing up, some friends had a house kangaroo. It was afraid of everyone but them. Sometimes when visiting I'd find it on the couch and it'd sorta have a low key "oh fuck people" reaction, get up and hop off.

Edit: There's a nice story of one night the old bloke saw the roo grab and drag the labrador out of the warm spot in front of the fire only to steal the spot for itself.

These people also had a donkey that was welcome in the house.

Rural Australia in the 80s.

Guinea pigs. They are just the best things ever

miniature donkey

I've put turtles in the car several times, to bring them to water. Birds, we've taken to the seabird rescue. I think that's it.

Elephant. Never met one outside the zoo, but I imagine they would be hard to say "no" to.

Turtles. I can always trust a turtle.

Raven if they were going to be chill about it.

Spiders.

They protect my plants from gnats and hide out during the day to not disturb or frighten me. Best roommates I've ever had.

Snakes, as long as they aren't venomous

Foxes. Which is unfair, as they are basically a mixture of cats and dogs. Also sharks, though that may be hard to do. Not impossible.

An orangutan and some otters.

Ferret. They're awesome pets and blind as hell. If you see one roaming around, he's probably lost.

Probably a capybara, or a cheetah. Both are rather chill animals, and cheetahs are fairly able to be domesticated (and have been multiple times throughout history) at least compared to other big cats.

Both are still a really bad idea, and the latter will probably result in injury or death. After having interacted with two Cheetahs through a rehab centre, I'd be open to try.

Any animal that doesn't pose a threat?

Crow and octopus. Both are moderately devious without being prohibitively dangerous.

Our house is old. We have spiders. They're not venomous and they're pretty cool. I have to occasionally rescue them from the old farm sink downstairs.