MEET the couples who say having sex dressed in furry costumes is just wild.

Sarah runs her fingers through the thick layer of fur on her boyfriend’s chest. "Grrr," she growls as Tristan snakes kisses up her neck.

Slowly, she slides her hands over his soft, floppy ears, then down his woolly back. When she gets to his well-padded bum, she gives it a good squeeze.

"Oooh," Tristan says, twitching his nose. "Fancy getting rampant with a rabbit?"

Then he swings her up into his arms and leaps on to the bed.

"You’re such an animal," she purrs, grabbing his fuzzy body. Sarah, 30, giggles as he touches her bare skin. "It tickles," she wails.

But Tristan hasn’t been avoiding his razor. Tristan and Sarah are taking part in the latest sex craze to hit Britain.

Tristan is dressed in a rabbit suit and the couple are having "furry" sex, where one or both partners dress in animal outfits.

More and more couples are answering the call of the wild in the bedroom. There are now more than 25 conventions worldwide for "furries".

"I’ve had the best sex of my life with Tristan when he’s been in a rabbit suit," Sarah says.

Porn star Jim Slip has been credited for unleashing the trend into the mainstream.

Since he posted the Furry Kangaroo Bus Stop Challenge on his website, his film gets around 50,000 hits every day.

For Sarah and Tristan, it’s all just a bit of fun. "Women have dressed up as Playboy bunnies or sex kittens for years," Sarah says. "It’s about time the men got in on the action."

'SEX IS ANIMAL MAGIC'

Sarah Bonnar, 30, an ecologist, can’t get enough of boyfriend Tristan Mills, 34, when he’s dressed as a big bunny.
The first time I saw Tristan dressed as a gorilla in the bedroom, I didn’t know what to do. But as soon as I gently fingered the black fur, I felt strangely aroused.

After ripping his gorilla head off, we kissed passionately as he caressed my naked body with his fur.

It made a nice change having hair to grab on to, as Tristan’s a stripper and has to shave his chest for work.

The sex was incredible and, afterwards, we laughed for hours. It was then I knew he was the man for me.

I find his work intriguing and sexy, and I love his costumes. He practises in them for me in the lounge.

Tristan has a few furry costumes that really get me going. We started to work the gorilla outfit into our sex life. My other favourite outfits are the fireman and Austin Powers.

Next, he dressed up in a giant bunny outfit and seduced me in every position, including the bunny hop – where he’s behind me and we crouch down.

Hopefully, I’ll get a visit from the bunny this Easter.

Tristan says: The costumes bring out different sides to our personalities.

When I wear the gorilla suit, we get mischievous. When I’ve got the bird costume on, I’m aloof.

Every man should be an animal in bed. You’ll lose your inhibitions and it drives women wild.

Model Elizabeth Lawrence likes being taken under Jim’s chick wing.
I’ve always been open-minded about what goes on in the bedroom and have dressed up in all sorts of outfits for ex-boyfriends.

I’ve not slipped into an all-in-one fur suit, but I have worn bunny ears and a cute cotton tail over my undies.

My ex-boyfriend Simon went wild for it and we had some of the best sex ever when I popped that outfit on.

Then he came home one day with a ferret costume. I was sceptical – what’s sexy about a ferret? And it had fake teeth, so I wasn’t quite sure how we were meant to kiss.

That one didn’t really do it for me. But the next costume – a bear – hit the spot.

It was so much fun being chased round the bedroom by my big honey monster that I relaxed really quickly.

And when he caught me, I realised I was really aroused. He’d dressed up for me and was just so strong and cuddly. It didn’t feel sleazy and it struck me as a fun way to get frisky.

We peeled the costume off to have sex, but it certainly made a change from boring boxers.

Then we split up and I met Jim on the Internet, who is into the same thing. When I got to meet him, it was a real thrill. I can’t resist him – especially in his chick outfit.

If you want to spice up your sex life, I’d recommend it to anyone.

'GIRLS CAN'T HELP BUT DELVE INTO MY POUCH'

Jim loves games in fancy dress, and his antics have been a big hit on the web.

I got the idea of dressing up from the internet. I’d read about furries in America who dress up in animal suits and go to discos.

For them it’s a lifestyle, not something sexy to have fun with.

I just thought having sex in a costume would be funny, so I hired the most absurd costume I could find – a kangaroo – and set about shooting a short film.

It started with me approaching a girl at the bus stop. We did get some funny looks but I felt really confident inside the suit.

Girls couldn’t help but nuzzle in my fur or delve into my pouch.

When I posted the clips on the web, I was shocked – the film quickly became the number one item on my website.

The response I received was amazing, with emails flooding in from both men and women.

Sometimes I can’t get the costumes I want. I was trying to get a crocodile outfit the other weekend and the shop assistant told me they had sent it off to the cleaners. Someone must have got in there first.

Sex in costumes is no different from slipping into a cowboy character or a naughty nurse, and I’m sure there are thousands of couples across the country who are into animal magic.