Turtles. I can always trust a turtle.
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.
Ferret. They’re awesome pets and blind as hell. If you see one roaming around, he’s probably lost.
Raven if they were going to be chill about it.
Elephant. Never met one outside the zoo, but I imagine they would be hard to say “no” to.
But then you wouldn’t be able to ignore the elephant in the room.
How would you get em in the house tho?
First thing to do is open the door.
Second step is to take the giraffe out.
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.
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.
I would second thought the fox. I heard their pee smells terrible.
Cat software in dog hardware?
Biologically more dog, visually and stylishly more cat. And catto firmware
That’s greyhounds.
Cruising on a boat, spot a shark fin, “Hey pal want a tow?” Or if the boat has some kinda bay, “Flop aboard for a ride sharko!”
Or just put a sign up - “Free snoot boops”
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.
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.
Both are rather chill animals,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LItix3t1bO4
That video kind of gave the impression that a cheetah might go from being apparently pretty chill to being an asshole pretty unexpectedly.
To be fair, “domesticated” cats are as well and no doubt to the same degree. It’s just that due to their size they’re not in a position to do much to you.
I certainly get randomly attacked by my cats whenever they get a bee in their bonnet, or want something, or are bored, or because it’s Tuesday, etc. The rest of the time they’re chill.
I like how casual her “ow” sounded when being mauled by a cheetah
Crow and octopus. Both are moderately devious without being terribly dangerous.
Second both of these answers. If I was incredibly wealthy the first thing I would do is have an octopus pet.
Lizards of any kind.
A red panda. Sure, my cats would freak the hell out, but a red panda would quickly use their zen powers to calm them down.
They have an incredible smell.
Good or bad?
Literally any that isn’t a human.
baby raccoon.
This makes the scenario seem like the exception rather than the rule, and I find this weird and disturbing.
The fact that most responses go “this one animal” as an answer instead of starting from the genus down makes me think I’ve either misunderstood something or we’re really not on the same page here.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t have… any genuses on speed dial in my brain.
