"Without Mama, we just die" A young cheetah talks about his carefree childhood on the Serengeti plains in Tanzania, thanks to his wonderful mother. Lesson one: Catching a calf, Lesson Two: How to finish the kill, Lesson three: Catching a calf yourself. The Cheetah mother lets her cubs practice on a gazelle calf that she has captured for them. One day the young cubs will have to fend for themselves, without their mother''s help.