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.
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .