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.
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .