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.
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
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 .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .