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.
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .