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.
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .