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 middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
