Posted on 12/14/2006 3:10:30 AM PST by alnitak
The world's tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards.
Mongolian herdsman Bao Xishun was called in after the dolphins swallowed plastic used around their pool at an aquarium in Fushun, north-east China.
Attempts to use instruments failed as the dolphins contracted their stomachs.
Guinness World Records list Mr Bao, 54, as the world's tallest living man at 2m 36.1cm (7ft 8.95in).
Veterinarians turned to Mr Bao after attempts to extract the plastic shards at the aquarium in Fushun, Liaoning Province, had failed.
The mammals had lost their appetite and were suffering depression, aquarium officials said.
The heads of the dolphins were held back and towels wrapped around their teeth so Mr Bao could not be bitten.
He then extended his arm length of 1.06m into the mammals' stomachs.
Chen Lujun, manager of Royal Jidi Ocean World, said Mr Bao was successful and the dolphins were "in very good condition now".
Local doctor Zhu Xiaoling told the state media agency Xinhua: "Some very small plastic pieces are still left in the dolphins' stomachs.
"However the dolphins will be able to digest these and are expected to recover soon."
Mr Bao, 54, was confirmed as the world's tallest living man by Guinness World Records last year.
He overtook the previous holder, Radhouane Charbib of Tunisia, by just 2mm.
Guinness World Records say Mr Bao was of normal height until 16 but then put on a spurt that doctors were unable to explain, reaching his full height in seven years.
"Is that a Titlest? Whata know, a hole in one."
BTW, I get to work at 5:00 am PST, so my day's already half over. ;)
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Lol!
Your joke brings to mind a true story. Not long after I met my 22-year old brother-in-law, he asked if I would like to make a little wager. I told him I wasn't much of a betting man. He bet me that he could bite his own ear. I put down my dollar, wondering what the catch was. Then he pulled out from his mouth a full set of upper and lower false teech and clamped them on his ear! Best entertainment a dollar ever bought me! He had lost all of his teeth at 18 due to a rare gum disease. This little ruse paid for all his drinks at the bars.
That fellow looks like an alien. I wonder if he's some sort of human-alien hybrid?
http://www.alienshift.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/TalllWhites.jpg
World's tallest or world's ugliest man?
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