World's Tallest Man Saves Choking Dolphins

[Easy Mac]

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I'd really like to say that I made this up or this is an elaborate hoax, but this may be the story of the year, just for sheer awesomeness. And yes, I think thestar also wins for longest page url. Could you imagine telling a friend over the phone to go to that address?

World's tallest man saves choking dolphins
Dec. 14, 2006. 11:22 AM
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Veterinarians then decided to ask for help from Bao Xishun, a 2.3-metre (7-foot-8) herdsman from Inner Mongolia. Chen Lujun, the manager of aquarium called the Royal Jidi Ocean World, confirmed the report to The Associated Press.BEIJING — The long arms of the world's tallest man saved two dolphins in northeast China by reaching inside of them to remove plastic they had swallowed, state media reported Thursday. The dolphins at an aquarium in Fushun, Liaoning Province, had fallen sick after swallowing the plastic from the edge of their pool, and attempts to use surgical instruments to remove the plastic failed because of the contraction of the dolphins' stomachs in response to the instruments, the China Daily newspaper reported. Bao, 54, was confirmed last year by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest living man. The official Xinhua news agency said Bao was able to reach deep enough into the dolphins to pull out the plastic. Photographs showed the jaws of one of the dolphins being held back by towels so Bao could reach inside the animal without being bitten. "Some very small plastic pieces are still left in the dolphins' stomachs," Zhu Xiaoling, a local doctor, told Xinhua. "However the dolphins will be able to digest these and are expected to recover soon." "When we failed to get the objects out we sought the help of Bao Xishun from Inner Mongolia and he did it successfully yesterday. The two dolphins are in very good condition now."

[Easy Mac]

Dola, the link has pictures of the man's arm in the dolphin.

[Peregrine]

This story is just surreal on many levels. I like the mental picture of the vets working for a while, then tossing down their instruments in disgust and yelling "We need the tallest man in the world!"

[dacman]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

... I think thestar also wins for longest page url. Could you imagine telling a friend over the phone to go to that address?

That's what tinyurl is for.

[lighthousekeeper]

meh, he's probably only 7' 6''


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