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.
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
