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.
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .