printable hammerhead shark mask for kids

One of the ocean's most instantly recognisable and extraordinary designs - our printable hammerhead shark mask is a genuine wow! That extraordinary T-shaped head makes the hammerhead unlike any other shark, and this mask captures all that bizarre, brilliant, hydrodynamic magnificence. Perfect for ocean school plays, sharks and sea creatures classroom projects, World Book Day, birthday parties, and deep-sea imaginative adventures.

The hammerhead is a brilliant subject for science topics on animal adaptations - that strange head shape is packed with purpose, and explaining why it evolved that way always gets kids genuinely fascinated. Every mask comes with a full colour version AND a black and white line art version for colouring in.

5 Interesting Facts About Hammerhead Sharks!

The hammerhead's distinctive head shape is called a cephalofoil, and it massively increases the surface area for electroreceptor organs - allowing the shark to detect the tiny electrical fields produced by prey hidden under sand.
Their wide-set eyes give hammerheads almost 360-degree vision - they can see above and below simultaneously, giving them a far greater field of view than most other sharks.
Great hammerheads are the largest species and can reach over 6 metres long - making them one of the biggest predatory sharks in the ocean after the great white.
Hammerheads are the only sharks known to get a tan - repeated exposure to sunlight causes a darkening of their skin similar to a suntan in humans, which researchers believe may protect against UV damage.
Some hammerhead species form enormous schools of hundreds of individuals during the day, dispersing to hunt alone at night - a level of social behaviour unusual among sharks.

Printable Hammerhead Shark Mask

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