A very big sea turtle is swimming free again after a team effort to help the hefty animal.

The 5-foot-long, 600-pound adult male leatherback was spotted stranded on a Cape Cod, Massachusetts, mudflat on Sunday. Rescuers with the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary showed up quickly to keep the distressed turtle from drifting somewhere harder for people to access, local news station WHDH reported .

The organization then joined forces with the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the New England Aquarium to transport the turtle and get him the care he needed.

That involved moving the big guy in a heavy-duty cart typically used for dolphins and small whales, according to an IFAW statement .