If you could have any animal for a pet what would it be?

I was thinking of this recently after having dealt with rodents on my yard. But it’s illegal in my area to own one and that’s probably for the best. I hear them at night outside sometimes but I have never seen one. I think I saw one flying during the day because the wingspan was huge and there was absolutely no sound as it went from one tree to another. All I saw was this thing with huge whitish gray wings open them wide and silently fly from one tree to another as I got near and called out to our dogs. I think we frightened it and it was trying to stay away out of sight during the day time hours.

Absolutely amazing, majestic creatures.