A MAN who had his genitals “ripped off and eaten” by a bulldog smeared his crotch in peanut butter before the attack, we can reveal.

The 22-year-old, who we are not naming, was fighting for life in a coma after being discovered unconscious lying in a pool of blood at a flat in Scotland last month.

Emergency crews raced to the scene in Haddington, East Lothian, and discovered the fully-clothed man with sickening injuries.

He was rushed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where medics worked around the clock to save him.

But his organs could not be re-attached after the horrific mauling.

It was earlier reported the victim had been pinned down by a pal during the ordeal.

But it is now understood the man was alone with the dog - named Biggie Smalls - at the time, although others were present in the flat.

In a disturbing twist, a police source told The Times he “applied peanut butter, or another food spread, to his crotch area” in the moments before he was savaged by the Old English bulldog.

The man, now conscious, is recovering in the Western General Hospital where he has been assisting police with their inquiries.

Cops confirmed nobody has been charged with any offence in relation to the incident.

He had been seen walking the dog in the days before the shocking incident.

The dog was later put down.

Police Scotland said: "The owner of the dog believed to have been involved voluntarily signed documentation consenting to [its] the destruction.

"This [took] place after dialogue between the Crown Office, Scottish SPCA and the East Lothian council dog warden."