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InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition

Dan Tai pauses to pose with a pachyderm

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNfmUxXFpwO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Checking in on my favorite hunks of Instagram this fine Sunday. First up, fitness model Dan Tai (above) paused to pose with a pachyderm. Grey’s Anatomy star Alex Landi knows how to find his light: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNso6irhoYv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Fitness guru and doctor of dental medicine Curtis Fitzgerald paused in a pensive moment: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNyovtyAGSx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Cheyenne Jackson grew a beard for work reasons. His hubby likes but his kiddos say it’s scratchy. #wildandwooly https://www.instagram.com/p/CNikOegD-H7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link SportsBubbleButt had soccer (and other things) on their mind: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNtAIauHQqf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Olympic diver Tom Daley did a sassy photoshoot for Man About Town Magazine: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNk-WAKH3K0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Actor and singer Jim Newman has decided he’s going to nap with his boo until the end of the pandemic. “Hey Siri, set an alarm for…” https://www.instagram.com/p/CNz-qdgF6Vv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Joel Green ignored the sand and soaked up the sun in Spain: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNs7p4krg3w/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Marketing and communications specialist Raynald Rabindra Soeharto wants to “stay weird, be unique.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CNy1tWMrebN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Bremen Menelli ran up a hill in North Carolina and shared the “view.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CNzqorahgUH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Max Emerson is on Day 6 of his Canadian quarantine in Montreal: https://www.instagram.com/p/CN0JVhgF5tZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Gustavo Spolini captured the magic of a New York City sunset. #coolpic https://www.instagram.com/p/CNvfK24DVch/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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Brain Break: Pianist Plays Beethoven For Elephants

Give yourself a brain break as pianist Paul Barton shares his story of how he came to play the ‘Emperor’ concerto for a 61-year-old elephant named Mongkol who decided to stay and listen. Many elephants at Elephants World sanctuary in Thailand were rescued from the logging trade. Barton discovered the beautiful denizens of the sanctuary and has been playing for the elephants for years now. Click here for a YouTube playlist of Barton playing full pieces for the gentle giants. I love elephants 🙂

(h/t Larry at theOUTfront.com)

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Rhino Poacher Trampled By Elephant, Devoured By Lions

A man suspected of being a rhino poacher was killed last week by an elephant and his remains devoured by a pride of lions at a South African park, officials said.
(image via Flickr/WhippetsChriChri)

No sympathy whatsoever.

From The New York Times:

A man suspected of being a rhino poacher was killed last week by an elephant and his remains devoured by a pride of lions at a South African park, officials said.

Rangers at Kruger National Park and other searchers found only a human skull and a pair of pants, the park said in a statement dated Friday.

Four of the dead man’s accomplices were arrested, the authorities said.

The man’s accomplices told his relatives that they had been in the park to poach rhinos on Tuesday night when he was killed by an elephant, according to the local authorities.

Since 2008, more than 7,000 rhinos have been hunted illegally, with 1,028 killed in 2017, according to the South African Department of Environmental Affairs.

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Video: Baby Elephant Takes First Steps

In light of the Trump administration’s decision to end a ban on elephant trophies, folks on Twitter are encouraging people to call the White House.

Trump Administration ENDS the BAN on #Elephant Trophies! Please Help Protect Elephants by calling the @WhiteHouse at: 202-456-1111

And, as if you needed any other encouragement to make that call, just think on how the White House’s decision would affect this little guy.

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Baby Elephant Finds Love & Empathy With Other Orphan Elephants

Thanks to reporter Yashar Ali for pointing up this story.

Elephants are imminently watchable. Intelligent, empathetic and extremely communicative.

But many baby elephants can die from loneliness. They need the love of a herd to live.

Ndotto, born prematurely, was rescued by Sheldrick Wildlife when he was just 2 days old .

He became attached to his keepers and didn’t want to play with other orphans, until Mbegu, an older orphan, came along.

Watch this beautiful story below.

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Ellen Makes A Pitch For The Majestic Pachyderm After Trump Reverses Course On Elephant Trophies

In light of the Trump administration reversing course on an Obama era ban that kept hunters from bringing elephant trophies from the African countries of Zimbabwe and Zambia back into the Untied States, Ellen DeGeneres used her opening monologue yesterday to highlight and celebrate the incredible qualities of elephants.

“I love elephants. And if you take the time to learn about elephants, you would love elephants too.

“Elephants show compassion, sympathy, social intelligence, self-awareness. They’re excellent at learning abilities…all the things I have yet to see in this president.”

I consider myself a southern gentleman most of the time, and I rarely use vulgar language. But when I heard about the Trump administration’s decision, my reaction was to take to Facebook and post, “I’m sorry, but f*ck this shit.”

You’ll notice I did at least begin with an “I’m sorry.”

Elephants are, as Ellen correctly points out, majestic creatures. All Trump’s decision will do is encourage more American hunters to kill more elephants.

Watch Ellen’s eloquent pitch for pachyderms below.