Incredible dogs

Rescue dog:

An Italian animal-lover has trained Newfound land dogs to jump out of helicopters and rescue people who are drowning in the sea. Ferrucio Pilenga, from Bergamo, has a team of expert canine swimmers patrolling Italy's beaches, where they have already saved a number of lives. A 196 lb (89 kg) Newfoundland dog is the latest recruit to the lifeguards in cornwall, England. Bilbo's training paid off when he prevented a tourist from entering dangerous currents by swimming in front of her to stop her going out any further to sea. Bilbo has his own lifeguard vest with safety messages written across it.

Dolphin aid:

A florida dog has been trained to sniff out dead or injured dolphins. Cloud, a female Black Labrador, works with her owner, marine biologist Chris Blankenship, who came up with the idea for a dolphin-sniffing dog after some 80 dolphins became stranded off Marathon Key in 2005. Around 30 of the animals died, mainly as a result of dehydration, but they could have been saved had they been located earlier.

Ballon wedding

Laura dakin walked down the aisle at her wedding to Don Caldwell in 2006 wearing a dress made entirely out of twisted balloons. To add to the surreal nature of the blue Hawaii themed ceremony at the viva Las vegas wedding chapel in Las vegas, Nevada, "Elvis" was on hand and the groom wore Hawaiian shorts. The couple met at a balloon twisting convention and Caldwell ( aka Buster balloon) popped the question after stepping from a giant 6 ft (1.8 m) pink ballon.

At a wedding between professional balloon twisters, it was only natural that even the bouquets were made of ballons. It took the groom around eight hours to make the wedding dress from more than 200 white balloons. "I have worked on all sorts of projects before," said Don Caldwell, "but this was my first time making a life sized, wearable dress."