It’s been a long time since I last shared with you through my lens.  My excuse is that I have been busy working with the Cyphort team (http://www.cyphort.com). We have just successfully released the Panther 1.0, offering the first effective, practical, and affordable solution for continuous monitoring and mitigation of modern threats for enterprises.

Luckily I was able to take a 10-day family vacation in Africa, blending deep into the natural game reserves and getting really close to the wild lives.  I feel the impulse to share again and will try to do so in the coming weeks.  Elephants are on my mind today.

The first thing coming to mind in mention of an elephant is “big”, which becomes apparent with this lonely male elephant standing next to the tree. When we first approached it in the jeep, it flapped his ears, blew the trumpet, and postured to charge at us; the experienced driver quickly went in reverse a little and revved the engine a little, as if to say “Ok, big guy, no harm intended but be nice!”  As shown in the next two pictures, the elephant showed us the power of his tusks against the tree trunk and his true size by standing right next to the tree. Honestly, we really did not need more convincing.  We learned that indeed, elephants are safe from the threats of lions and cheetahs.  The size and strength matter!  We encountered many herds of elephants in the Greater Kruger Game Reserve area, ranging from lone male to several dozen in herd with many babies.  We witnessed many occasions of “giant affection”, as captured by this last picture.  So next time, you’d better not complain that your big nose is in the way 🙂