Slippery, mysterious and surprisingly fascinating - our printable eel mask is a wonderfully unusual ocean choice! Eels have captivated and slightly unsettled humans for thousands of years, and this mask captures that sleek, serpentine quality perfectly. Perfect for ocean-themed school plays, river and sea habitats classroom projects, World Book Day, birthday parties, and delightfully wriggly imaginative play.

The eel is a brilliant choice for river and ocean habitat topics alike - it migrates between the two, which makes for a genuinely remarkable life cycle story that kids find completely gripping. Every mask comes with a full colour version AND a black and white line art version for colouring in.

5 Interesting Facts About Eels!

European eels make one of the most extraordinary migrations in nature - they're born in the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, drift thousands of kilometres to European rivers as larvae, live there for up to 20 years, then swim all the way back to spawn.
Nobody has ever observed European eels mating in the wild or found their eggs - despite centuries of scientific study, exactly how and where they breed in the Sargasso Sea remains a mystery.
Electric eels aren't true eels at all - they're more closely related to catfish, and can generate up to 860 volts of electricity, enough to stun a horse.
Eels breathe through both their gills and their skin - they can absorb oxygen through their skin when out of water, which allows some species to wriggle overland between water bodies.
The moray eel has a second set of jaws hidden in its throat - called pharyngeal jaws, they shoot forward to grab prey that the outer jaws have already caught, like something from a science fiction film.

Printable Eel Mask

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