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.
Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
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A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
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Working at a height of 36,000ft, pilots may have the best view in the world .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .