Flab-tastic Mr Fox: Super-size fox spotted waddling around London garden

Could this meaty mammal be Britain’s fattest fox?

A group of friends who snapped the porky pest throwing its weight around in a garden in southeast London think its likely.

Instead of scavenging for scraps or chasing smaller animals for food it seems the fulsome fox has been busy gorging on discarded takeaways at a block of flats in Crystal Palace.

Web designer Tom Wainwright, 30, spotted the fox out of his window and said he and his friends joked about the animal’s huge waistline.

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Tom said: “A few of us ran over to the window when we saw it. I grabbed my camera because I couldn’t believe the size of it.”

Happy to strike a pose, the fox spent 10 minutes in front of the camera before waddling off into the hedges.

Tom added: “It was quite weird to see. I’ve never seen a fox this big before. Whenever I see them they are always skinny and not that healthy. But this one was huge.

“They aren’t scared of humans so we do see a lot of them, but never are they fat like that.”