Cheetahs have tear marks from the inside corners of their eyes down to the edges of their mouth. The marks helps it reflect the glare of the sun when they are hunting during the day. It works like the black marks that football players put under their eyes during games.

The cheetah has spots because the spots act as camouflage. It helps the cheetah blend more effectively into the grasslands and stalk and catch prey better. Not only is its fur spotted, its skin is too.

The cheetah's eyes are extra long so it can get fast, wide angle view of their surrounding at top speed.

Cheetahs reproduces at a very slow rate and it is a huge concern. The males often suffer from a low reproduction of sperm. So even when they do mate there isn't always a high chance of a young being created. Cheetahs reach reproductive age between 20 and 24 months. They breed throughout the year. Gestation last about 3 months resulting a litter of 4 to 6 cubs.

Female cheetahs can mate with several males. Cheetahs form no sign of bonds and they mate freely with members of the opposite sex during anytime of the year. The males only associate with the females for mating only and provide no parental care. Cheetahs mate about 3 to 5 times per day, mostly with different individuals.

Cheetah cubs are born blind and helpless. They do not open their eyes until 4 to 11 days after birth and they do not walk until 12 to 13 days after birth. They feed on their mothers milk between 3 to 6 months old, But stays with their mother until 15 to 17 months old. The are born with a thick grey mane on its head, shoulders and backs, but it fall off as it gets older. Disappearing after 3 months of birth.

The cheetah's diet consists of gazelles, impalas, wildebeest calves and smaller hoofed animals in it's habitat.