A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book. Other spookily compelling taxidermy images show a bird's funeral complete with casket, a kitten's wedding and a well-dressed stuffed monkey riding a goat. The stuffed curios were all created by Victorian Englishman Walter Potter, who originally displayed his strange taxidermy creatures to the awe-struck paying public from The White Lion Pub which doubled as his museum in Bramber, Sussex. Brought up in Bramber from 1835 and dying in 1918, Potter's museum continued to entertain until 1970, when it passed to the Jamaica Inn of Brighton. In 2003 the surviving collection was auctioned for half-a-million pounds to various buyers from across the world.
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .