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.
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .