Tanveer Mann for Metro.co.uk
A British woman who went to hospital after falling ill was shocked to discover that she had a dead tortoise inside her private parts.
Staff at the A&E department of a medical centre in Tenerife are said to have called police after making the bizarre discovery on Saturday.
The unnamed woman, described as an expat, had sought help after suffering pain in her genital area which doctors diagnosed as an infection caused by the animal.
She allegedly told police she had begun to feel odd after going out partying with a group of British friends a couple of days earlier – but had no idea how the tortoise ended up where it did.
The size of the reptile has not been revealed.
The medical centre she attended was named as El Mojon in the Arona area of the island.
The facility, above the holiday resort of Los Cristianos, operates as a small hospital and is eventually expected to become the main southern Tenerife state hospital.
Health officials declined to comment for data protection reasons, according to local reports.