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.
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .