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An OAP animal lover called police after spotting two foxes having "abnormally long sex" in his garden.

German Peter Komoll, 68, rang emergency services after spotting the randy foxes at it for over 20 minutes.

The pensioner feared they had got stuck together in his garden in Berlin and asked police to check on them.

But after explaining his concerns he was told to call a forester and stop wasting police time.

Stunned Komoll said: "I was a bit surprised to say the least.

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"I explained that the foxes seemed to be having abnormally long sex and thought the animals had got stuck together and that they might injure themselves permanently.

"But the police weren’t in the slightest bit interested."

A forester also told the worried watcher not to worry.

He added: "I went back to my window and saw both foxes sitting on the grass and separated."

Wild animal expert Derk Ehlert explained: "Foxes always have sex for at least 20 minutes because their semen is slow moving. Whilst they are having sex, the male penis expands to stop them separating before ejaculation."

Last month, Mirror Online reported on a police time-waster who dialled 999 because she was scared of a hedgehog in her garden.