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.
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .