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.
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .