Ten tentacles, three hearts, blue blood and the ability to change colour in an instant - our printable squid mask is a genuinely extraordinary ocean creature! The squid is one of the most intelligent and fascinating invertebrates in the sea, and this mask captures that wide-eyed, tentacled, jet-propelled brilliance perfectly. Perfect for ocean school plays, sea creatures classroom projects, World Book Day, birthday parties, and multi-armed imaginative underwater adventures.

The squid is a brilliant subject for ocean biology and animal intelligence topics - the giant squid was considered a sea monster myth until the first photographs were taken in 2004, which gives it a wonderful legendary quality alongside the science. Every mask comes with a full colour version AND a black and white line art version for colouring in.

5 Interesting Facts About Squids!

Squids have three hearts - two branchial hearts pump blood through the gills, and one systemic heart pumps oxygenated blood around the body. Their blood is blue because it contains copper-based haemocyanin.
They can change colour faster than almost any other animal - specialised cells called chromatophores, iridophores and leucophores allow them to create complex, shifting patterns in milliseconds for communication and camouflage.
The giant squid has the largest eyes of any living animal - measuring up to 30cm across, roughly the size of a dinner plate, adapted to detect the faint bioluminescence of predators in the deep ocean darkness.
Squids move by jet propulsion - they draw water into their mantle cavity and expel it forcefully through a siphon, generating speeds of up to 40km/h in short bursts when fleeing predators.
Humboldt squid can be aggressive hunters - these large Pacific squid hunt in coordinated groups, communicate with each other using colour changes, and have been known to drag fishing gear below the surface.

Printable Squid Mask

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