When I used to work at the Emergency Veterinary Hospital, I was one of the techs that rehabbed animals that we couldn’t find places that would take them. I ended up owning a large python for several years. I took care of two injured brown pelicans, for a few months. One of them had lost a wing, but he was almost 5 ft tall, and he clipped his bill when people approached him, so I was the only lyrics one brave enough to deal with him. He lived in our dog walking area for months, and I fed him mullet from our local waterways. I think we eventually got him a home at Charlestown Landing. We eventually released the other one, once her wing healed.
We dealt with snakes, otters, deer, birds of prey, really all birds, oposums, racoons, foxes, squirrels, turtles, heck you name it.
I think I liked the opossums the most. We raised a few until they were fully grown. The males ended up being somewhat aggressive. It was because we never neutered them… I would love a huge lazy female opossum. Even wild ones are actually very gentle, and loving creatures.
Raccoons were fun, but they are always getting into stuff.
As I mentioned in another thread, I’d love a screaming goat too.