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.
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .