Dolphin was having a ball ... until he swallowed it Docs perform incredible op to remove volleyball from animal's stomach

DOCTORS with a sense of porpoise have performed their most unusual operation yet — removing a volleyball from a dolphin's stomach.
Mischievous Jiang Bo gulped down the large toy at his aquarium.
It could have proved fatal so medics faced a race against time to whip it out.
Doctors at a Chinese hospital first appealed to a professional basketball player, Meng Da, to help pluck it out with his long arms.