Dolphins at Royal Jidi Ocean World aquarium in Liaoning province, China, got sick after nibbling on plastic from the edge of their pool.
Attempts to use surgical instruments to remove the plastic failed because the dolphins' stomachs contracted in response to the instruments.
So what to do?
Veterinarians decided to ask for help from Bao Xishun, a 7'9" tall herdsman from Inner Mongolia with 41.7-inch arms - the world's tallest living man confirmed last year by the Guinness Book of World Records.
He was brought in and trained to reach into the dolphins' stomachs and remove the offending material.
This is not the first time an ultra-tall man has come to the rescue of dolphins. In 1978, Clifford Ray, a 6'9" basketball star, was asked to do the very same thing.It's in your job description, man.
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