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.
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .