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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.

Turtles. I can always trust a turtle.

Raven if they were going to be chill about it.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Literally any that isn't a human.

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.

Personally, and it might end me one day, but almost any kinda lizard I think I'd welcome in.

Also sometimes groundhogs look like they might like a brief lift to another patch of dirt to dig around in, or I dunno, maybe a brief snack run.

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.

Lizards of any kind.

Pangolin

Guppies and similar fish.

All the cats around us are mostly feral and won't even come close. Letting them in would result in piss, shit, and marking everywhere. I happily try to feed them some treats here and there, but no way they're coming inside the house.

A bee