Why would you admit to such a trepidation knowing that I am posting in the thread, given our current war over the fate of you-know-who? 
Manul cats.
I have wanted one for years. Anything that fuzzy must be domesticable.
What you want to do is find a swim with wild dolphins place. There aren’t many. The one I went to there was a “hermit” dolphin, which is apparently a dolphin that just likes hanging out on his own, chillin’ without any dolphin friends. They are (so we were told) more approachable by humans than wild dolphins. But, since he was wild, there were no “put the kid on the dolphin’s back for a ride.” I suspect he was being fed by the people running the deal, but was free to swim out to sea at any time. He apparently had a schedule he kept to, for when he’d come in to the cove/beach area.
Basically, we snorkeled around, he buzzed by, blew bubbles, occasionally went off to play in the surf, buzzed back by, and then waved his very large penis at us.
Otherwise, I’m all for any marine mammal – otters, seals, sea lions, dolphins, etc.
Tamarins are monkeys, not cats.
I like the springbok.
How can you fail to adore a creature who moves by “pronking”? Pronk, pronk, pronk! 
http://abbott-infotech.co.za/animals%20in%20the%20kalahari%20desert.html
Cute, but I always liked their polar (hah!) opposite:
http://www.dongettyphoto.com/churchill/new%20images/ArcticFox1w.jpg
The Arctic fox.
No wonder the damn things wouldn’t eat cat food.
Well, this is one of those rare situations where extreme poverty is actually an advantage-- it prevents me from being tempted into something like this. Even if I could afford a hyacinth macaw, I mistrust my ability to take care of one responsibly. I have enough trouble trying to outwit my ferrets on a daily basis, and they’re dumber than tube socks; I have absolutely no confidence in my capacity to control an amazingly intelligent bird with a scream that can be heard for miles and a beak that can tear through wrought iron. Not to mention the fact that it’ll easily outlive me by decades, and then who’ll take care of it?
No, even if I had the money, I’d much rather use it for an opportunity to see the birds in the wild. As it is, I’m happy to visit them at the zoo, which at least has the time and resources to care for them properly.
Those gars are nasty-looking creatures. There is another quite large and freaky fish in our rivers–the Paddlefish:
Tasty, too!