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Gentle giant saves dolphins
15/12/2006 13:02 - (SA)
Shanghai - The world's tallest man has
saved the lives of two dying dolphins in China by reaching deep
into their stomachs to pull out pieces of plastic, official
Chinese media reported on Thursday.
At an aquarium in the northeastern city of Fushun, doctors
failed to remove the plastic with surgical instruments because
the pieces were difficult to grasp, Xinhua news agency said. The
arms of ordinary people were too short to reach the stomachs.
Bao Xishun, a 2.36 metre herdsman who is
listed by Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, was
therefore summoned from the nearby Chinese region of Inner
Mongolia, Xinhua reported.
In an operation shown on local television, a dozen men held
the dolphins down while Bao slid his 1.06 metre long
arm down their throats to grab the plastic. The dolphins are now
recovering well, Xinhua said.
Bao, 55, reached his height in a seven-year growth spurt that
began in his teens and which doctors cannot explain, according to Guinness.
After a career in the army, where he was recruited for a basketball team, he returned to Inner Mongolia where he hires himself out for publicity stunts in addition to herding
livestock.
- Reuters
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