World's tallest man saves two dolphins

The long arms of the world’s tallest man saved two dolphins in north-east China when he reached inside them to remove plastic they had swallowed, state media reported today.

The dolphins at an aquarium in Fushun, Liaoning province, had fallen sick after they swallowed 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.