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A porn addict had to have emergency surgery to remove a live EEL from inside his body after he inserted it up his backside to copy an x-rated movie.

The 39-year-old man rushed himself to A&E at a hospital in southern China when he couldn't get the creature out following the kinky stunt.

The single man told stunned medics at hospital casualty unit in Shunde, Guangdong province: "Please, please help me. The eel is moving through my body."

Surgeons finally removed the 20 inch long Asian swamp eel - which weighed more than half a kilo - in the early hours of the morning after a lengthy treatment with drugs and medical probes.

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"The eel was simply trying to find it's way out," explained one of the medical team.

"It was still alive when we got it out but it died soon afterwards, which was probably a mercy.

"This was a particularly idiotic stunt and could have caused him a serious injury. Eels have small but very sharp teeth."

A police spokesman said: "We are aware of what happened and a 39-year-old man will be interviewed over alleged animal cruelty."