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Hungry Cheetah Cub, Botswana, 1999

"Bloodstained from its last meal, a cub shows features of a hunter built for speed. During sprints, a membrane shields eyes while large nostrils allow for rapid oxygen intake. Dark 'tearstains' may block glare."

—From "Cheetahs: Ghosts of the Grasslands," December 1999, National Geographic magazine

Photograph by Chris Johns