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 brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .