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 on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
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SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .