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.
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .
A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .