That's just creepy.

[Pyrate Jim]

No explanation, just...
A photographer in Canada found a toad with eyes in its mouth, and scientists were baffled

[Cross-Country]

Poor fella.

[Glovebox Operator]

Not as crazy as it seems, their eyes basically are in their mouths anyway when they close them. Frogs and toads close their eyes to increase pressure on the prey that they're trying to swallow. That first pic looks like Ai but it's not far from a potential reality.

[BrickHaus]

Ai slop

[Cross-Country]

Actually, no. Maybe the image, sure, but this is a real thing. A book from 2021 has a chapter on one of these found in Canada in 1992. Here's an excerpt: https://assets.cambridge.org/9781108...04_excerpt.pdf

Unfortunately, the formatting kind of sucks, and you need to scroll down a few pages before you can actually read it.

As a disclaimer, I haven't read this book, nor is this area in any way an expertise of mine. I just initially replied with a joke post, but started digging because this is actually pretty interesting.

[Pyrate Jim]

In zoos I've seen living two-headed snakes and turtles. Even a dolphin with two tails. Long before AI was any more than a dream.
I can still be surprised by some mutations. And be creeped out by them