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.
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .