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.
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A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
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A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
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WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
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WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .