A man released a 26kg Chinese softshell turtle after he spent more than £600 to buy it from a market in southeast China.

In the video, filmed in the city of Nanchang in Jiangxi Province on October 18, the softshell turtle was put in a bag and placed in a red basin.

According to the vendor, the Chinese softshell turtle was wild. Xiong's wife said: "We bought it for releasing it back to the wild. It is a pity to eat it because it is not easy for the softshell turtle to grow that big."

After Mr Xiong bought the softshell turtle, he can be seen opening the bag to release it near a river and the turtle crawls back into the sea.