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.
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 .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
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 .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .