Any Animal In The World As A Pet

From the time I can remember there were two animals that I desperately wanted to have. The first one was a horse, and I did finally convince my parents to get me a pony. The second thing that I wanted was a little monkey.
Back in the early to mid-50s, when I was little, spider monkeys were advertised on the back covers of comic books, and they only cost $19, plus shipping, to get one. I don't know where they came from, if they were caught wild and transported, o r maybe they were do,serially raised since so many of them were sold.
My mother adamantly refused to let me have a monkey, even if it was much cheaper than a horse.
I used to watch theTarzan movies, and he always had Cheetah, the Chimpanzee; who was ever so clever, and almost like a little child in his devotion to Tarzan.
Now, they are thousands of dollars to buy one, and you have to have special licenses, and I am sure it would not be the wonderful pet that I imagined when I was a child, so it will be just an enjoyable daydream.