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.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .