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 mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
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Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
