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.
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .