Try "boa constrictors". My friend in high school was having a party at his apartment and his pet Boa took up lodging in the bathroom curled around the mirror.
Bet, not too many people have shared the restroom with a 6 foot boa constrictor? It didn't bother me.
My other friend brought a huge pet Tarantula spider to work one day. AT least it was in a cage.
I live near a big river that has lots of wildlife near it. Plenty of deer, foxes and racoons.
I watch the hawks gliding around looking for lunch. One hawk took a bite out of my RC model airplane.
Boa Constrictors and other exotic preditors are becomming a huge problem in southern Florida. Irresponsible owners are setting them free by the hundreds and they multiply like crazy. They are a threat to humans and wildlife.
Skunks make their stong bad smell when attacked my dogs or hit by a car. If you don't bother them then they don't bother you.
They come out at night to dig bugs from grass.