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Iffin your real frikiin tall..
World's Tallest Man Uses Long Arms to Save 2 Dolphins in China
Thursday, December 14, 2006

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Dec. 13: Bao Xishun, the world's tallest man, reaches in to retrieve objects from the stomach of a sick dolphin at an aquarium in China.
Dec. 13: Bao Xishun, the world's tallest man, reaches in to retrieve objects from the stomach of a sick dolphin at an aquarium in China.
BEIJING — The long arms of the world's tallest man reached in and saved two dolphins by pulling out plastic from their stomachs, state media and an aquarium official said Thursday.

The dolphins got sick after nibbling on plastic from the edge of their pool at an aquarium in Liaoning province. Attempts to use surgical instruments to remove the plastic failed because the dolphins' stomachs contracted in response to the instruments, the China Daily newspaper reported.

Veterinarians then decided to ask for help from Bao Xishun, a 7-foot-9 herdsman from Inner Mongolia with 41.7-inch arms, state media said.

Bao, 54, was confirmed last year by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest living man.

Chen Lujun, the manager of the Royal Jidi Ocean World aquarium, told The Associated Press that the shape of the dolphins' stomachs made it difficult to push an instrument very far in without hurting the animals. People with shorter arms could not reach the plastic, he said.

"When we failed to get the objects out we sought the help of Bao Xishun from Inner Mongolia and he did it successfully yesterday," Chen said. "The two dolphins are in very good condition now."



Now this is thinking outside the box! Nice job!!!
 
That's a fantastic story...Glad the dolphins are ok...Way to go Bao...

WC...Did I hear you are going back to Iraq? If so...I wish you the best...
 
The need to use this kind-hearted person points towards poor treatment of these animals in captivity. Honestly, do you leave plastic things out for a bored puppy to swallow? Incidentally, the Yangtze dolphin is effectively extinct. Great going! Industry first, people and the environment second.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/13/china.dolphin.ap/index.html
 
They nibbled plastic off ther eclosure.

Its a pitty. The chinese pink dolphin isnt far behind -_-

WC...keep safe if you're going back.

life so depressing sometimes. glad ive got diving :D
 

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