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.
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .