When the enormous carcass of a leatherback turtle appeared on a beach in Spain, city officials were forced to go to dramatic lengths to remove the monstrous creature.
Believed to weigh a whopping 1,500 pounds, the gigantic beast was hoisted from the beach by way of a huge digger which was brought in for the unorthodox bit of heavy lifting.
In footage of the job, the six-foot-long reptile remains can be seen slowly being scooped up by the backhoe and dropped into a waiting truck.
See the video and find out more on this wild story at the Coast to Coast AM website.