The great migration's starring role - our printable wildebeest mask celebrates the animal at the heart of one of nature's most spectacular events! The wildebeest (or gnu) is a large African antelope whose annual migration across the Serengeti is the largest overland animal movement on Earth. With that shaggy mane, curved horns and ungainly but surprisingly powerful build, this mask has real African savannah presence. Perfect for African animals school plays, World Book Day, and birthday parties.

The wildebeest migration is a brilliant hook for geography, ecosystems and food chain topics - over 1.5 million animals moving in a giant loop across Tanzania and Kenya, pursued by lions, leopards and crocodiles the whole way. Every mask comes with a full colour version AND a black and white line art version for colouring in.

5 Interesting Facts About Wildebeest!

The wildebeest migration is the largest overland animal migration on Earth - around 1.5 million wildebeest travel in a circular route of over 1,800km between Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Maasai Mara every year.
Wildebeest calves can stand within minutes of birth - and must be able to run with the herd within days. Around 500,000 calves are born in a synchronised three-week window each year, overwhelming predators with sheer numbers.
Their name means 'wild beast' in Afrikaans - an apt description for an animal that looks like it was assembled from spare parts: the front of a buffalo, the back of a horse and the beard of an elderly gnu.
Wildebeest are a keystone species on the Serengeti - their grazing maintains the grassland, their dung fertilises it, and their carcasses feed everything from crocodiles to vultures to dung beetles.
They follow the rain - wildebeest track rainfall across vast distances using some combination of sight, sound and smell, navigating to fresh grass with an accuracy that still puzzles researchers.

Printable Wildebeest Mask

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