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I love bizarre news stories and this one must be the best since former Italian president Silvio Berlusconi had a working volcano built in his backyard.

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World's tallest man saves dolphin

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).

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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.

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This is amazing! I'm fairly tall, and the most exciting thing anyone ever used my long arms for was reaching papers and pencils which fell behind furniture.


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He got married AND saves dolphins?!


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i wonder how that phone call went. "hey, you're a tall guy, right? well, we want you to reach down a dolphin's throat to pull out glass. up for it?"


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Good job, stu. Oh wait...


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This is better than the time Costanza pulled Kramer's golf ball out of the whale's blow hole.

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thread does not deliver (for me anyways)

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is loog or stu or ft tallest of the board? what have they done for dolphins lately, huh?


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I'd like to read about that volcano too.


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is loog or stu or ft tallest of the board? what have they done for dolphins lately, huh?


LooGAR and discosstu are both 6'9"

I am a paltry 6'5" by comparison.

I'm just the HEAVIEST of the board.

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RooGAL!!!

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... so when they call next month about a special yak with a bowel obstruction....

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FT Wrote:
katie, a princess Wrote:
is loog or stu or ft tallest of the board? what have they done for dolphins lately, huh?


LooGAR and discosstu are both 6'9"

I am a paltry 6'5" by comparison.

I'm just the HEAVIEST of the board.


Stu is 6'9"? He didn't seem that tall when I met him. Guess I really was drunk.

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oh shit...now i want this as my avatar!

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Awesome story.


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oh shit...now i want this as my avatar!


need to make kyle shorter.

Photoshopping not to scale.

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1. Holy shit, excellent work Haqette.

2. I'm like 6'1 there... (-whispered-) instead of 5'5"...

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