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.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
