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Pakistani fishermen needed at least five cranes to reel in a 40-foot-long whale shark from the waters at a harbor in the port city of Karachi on Tuesday, according to the Express Tribune newspaper.

Curious onlookers crowd around the carcass of a whale shark at a fish harbor in Karachi on February 7, 2012.

The massive whale shark, which was said to weigh between 6 and 7 tons, was found unconscious ten days ago about 150 kilometers from shore, according to the owner of a local fishery.

By the time the fish was pulled out of the water, it was dead.

According to the newspaper, fishermen initially called in two cranes to pull out the giant carcass but it took at least three more to successfully get the whale shark out of the water.

The newspaper reported it was later sold for 1.7 million Rupees, or roughly US$18,000.

Photo Credit: ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images

Here is raw video posted on YouTube from the Express Tribune: