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.
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .