Long arms are needed to save a dolphin's life
By Dong Zhen |
January 20, 2012, Friday
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DO have long arms? Then maybe you can save a dolphin.
An aquarium in Nanjing, capital of Shanghai's neighboring Jiangsu Province, has issued an "SOS" for people with long arms, asking them to save one of their performing dolphins.
Five-year-old Jiang Bo, imported from Japan to perform at Nanjing Underwater World, broke and swallowed his toy volleyball on Wednesday and his life is at risk because it can't be removed from his stomach through surgery, the aquarium management said.
Efforts were being made last night to remove the ball but so far they have been unsuccessful.
Veterinarians tried to burn a small hole in the ball so they could hook it out but the equipment failed. Attempts were then made to place a loop around the ball but with no result so far.
The dolphin has been given a sedative to ensure he remains comfortable.
"It is impossible to put the dolphin on a surgery table because he could not live away from the water for a long period," an aquarium official said yesterday.
"After closely examining the situation, we conclude the safest and quickest solution to help the dolphin out is to find people whose arms are longer than 1.1 meters," she said.
"Currently, the dolphin is in a lively and healthy state. But the ball needs to be taken out over the next few days. Otherwise, his life will be in danger," she said.
Meng Da, a professional basketball player with a Jiangsu Province club, rushed to the park yesterday but the 1.95-meter-tall forward's arms were not long enough to reach into the dolphin's stomach.
"The basketball player has come to try and many others either called or visited to offer suggestions and help. But so far, none of their ideas has worked, nor was there anyone with arms longer than 1.1 meters," the official said.
"Besides continuing to look for people with long arms, we are also going all out to contact medical facilities and consult professionals to find timely solutions to help the dolphin."
She said the dolphin broke the toy volleyball when playing with it on Wednesday. Staff saw him pulling the ball deep down into the pool. But when he surfaced, the ball was gone.
In 2006, the long arms of the world's tallest man reached in and saved two dolphins by pulling out plastic they had nibbled from the edge of their pool in northeast China's Liaoning Province from their stomachs, The Associated Press reported.
Attempts to use surgical instruments to remove the plastic failed and veterinarians then asked for help from Bao Xishun, a 2.36-meter-tall herdsman with arms just over a meter long.
An aquarium in Nanjing, capital of Shanghai's neighboring Jiangsu Province, has issued an "SOS" for people with long arms, asking them to save one of their performing dolphins.
Five-year-old Jiang Bo, imported from Japan to perform at Nanjing Underwater World, broke and swallowed his toy volleyball on Wednesday and his life is at risk because it can't be removed from his stomach through surgery, the aquarium management said.
Efforts were being made last night to remove the ball but so far they have been unsuccessful.
Veterinarians tried to burn a small hole in the ball so they could hook it out but the equipment failed. Attempts were then made to place a loop around the ball but with no result so far.
The dolphin has been given a sedative to ensure he remains comfortable.
"It is impossible to put the dolphin on a surgery table because he could not live away from the water for a long period," an aquarium official said yesterday.
"After closely examining the situation, we conclude the safest and quickest solution to help the dolphin out is to find people whose arms are longer than 1.1 meters," she said.
"Currently, the dolphin is in a lively and healthy state. But the ball needs to be taken out over the next few days. Otherwise, his life will be in danger," she said.
Meng Da, a professional basketball player with a Jiangsu Province club, rushed to the park yesterday but the 1.95-meter-tall forward's arms were not long enough to reach into the dolphin's stomach.
"The basketball player has come to try and many others either called or visited to offer suggestions and help. But so far, none of their ideas has worked, nor was there anyone with arms longer than 1.1 meters," the official said.
"Besides continuing to look for people with long arms, we are also going all out to contact medical facilities and consult professionals to find timely solutions to help the dolphin."
She said the dolphin broke the toy volleyball when playing with it on Wednesday. Staff saw him pulling the ball deep down into the pool. But when he surfaced, the ball was gone.
In 2006, the long arms of the world's tallest man reached in and saved two dolphins by pulling out plastic they had nibbled from the edge of their pool in northeast China's Liaoning Province from their stomachs, The Associated Press reported.
Attempts to use surgical instruments to remove the plastic failed and veterinarians then asked for help from Bao Xishun, a 2.36-meter-tall herdsman with arms just over a meter long.
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