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Title: Worlds Tallest Man Saves Dolphins
Post by: aldo_14 on December 14, 2006, 09:33:08 am: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6178659.stm
Title: Re: Worlds Tallest Man Saves Dolphins
Post by: Blue Lion on December 14, 2006, 09:42:49 am: Interesting
Title: Re: Worlds Tallest Man Saves Dolphins
Post by: karajorma on December 14, 2006, 09:44:01 am: You couldn't even make up a story like that if you tried :D
Title: Re: Worlds Tallest Man Saves Dolphins
Post by: Sandwich on December 14, 2006, 06:41:32 pm: Quote from: karajorma on December 14, 2006, 09:44:01 am
You couldn't even make up a story like that if you tried :D
No kidding. Wow.
Title: Re: Worlds Tallest Man Saves Dolphins
Post by: Wobble73 on December 15, 2006, 06:23:57 am: "So long and thanks for ~~all the fish~~ having that big bloke stick his arm down our throats!"

:lol:
Title: Re: Worlds Tallest Man Saves Dolphins
Post by: Janos on December 15, 2006, 08:35:15 am: Well Yangtse river dolphin was declared functionally extinct yesterday :(

world sucks, i need alcohol. Here's to our gone pink friend :(
Title: Re: Worlds Tallest Man Saves Dolphins
Post by: aldo_14 on December 15, 2006, 08:41:59 am: Quote from: Janos on December 15, 2006, 08:35:15 am
Well Yangtse river dolphin was declared functionally extinct yesterday :(

world sucks, i need alcohol. Here's to our gone pink friend :(

Ah, **** (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/14/wdolph14.xml). :(
Title: Re: Worlds Tallest Man Saves Dolphins
Post by: Slasher on December 15, 2006, 03:10:51 pm: Incidentally, it's not the first time someone with a long arm has been used to save a dolphin.

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A 6-9 center, Ray played three of his ten seasons in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls (1971-74) and the other seven with the Golden State Warriors (1974-81).

In 1978, Ray was in the news for an entirely different reason: he helped to save a dolphin's life. During maintenance in his tank, a bottlenose dolphin named "Mr. Spock", housed at Marine World in Redwood City, California had swallowed a sharp screw. The veterinarian was unwilling to perform a risky operation while the screw was still in the dolphin's first stomach, just inches from his fingertips. His frustrated suggestion that he needed longer arms led someone to ask local star Ray (whose arms are 3 feet 9 inches, or 114 centimeters long) if he could help. With gloves, lubrication, and guidance, he was able to reach down Spock's throat and retrieve the screw before it could cause more damage.

Dolphin Spock isn't quite as sharp as his Star Trek counterpart I guess...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Ray
Title: Re: Worlds Tallest Man Saves Dolphins
Post by: Quest_techie on December 15, 2006, 04:12:56 pm: okay, now, that really does sound like the beginning of a really bad joke....