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 EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .