[No, no, he's perfectly willing to respect them. Until they try to eat him and require getting stabbed with pikes, because that's a matter of survival. :| ]

I think Zia is probably the closest I know to that; she was - [...what...was Zia...] - a friend of mine, capable of taming creatures that scared even the most seasoned of explorers. She didn't do too much to get that sort of response, either; it just sort of happened around her.

She was here for a while, and seemed to have the same sort of talent with these creatures - moreso than the usual trainers, I mean. "Impressive" is definitely a word for it.