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 disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .