I've seen a friendly Gecko before. He was just running in circles while making frantic huffing noises. I couldn't click on him or anything. I thought it was probably a glitch, but I've seen that dog, too, so..hm. Makes you wonder.
Maybe all of these friendly animals were once part of a quest that was not finished/implimented.............. like starting a wastland zoo!
lol, maybe if you look hard enough you'll find a friendly deathclaw!!!