African folklore says that the cheetah got her black streaks when a lazy hunter stole her three cubs to train them to hunt for him. A bird that had seen what happened told the village's wise elder what the hunter had done and the wise elder had the cubs returned to their mother, but because the cheetah had cried so hard for so long her face was stained from her tears. Ever since then every baby cheetah has been born with these black tear stains.
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