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.
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A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
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