The Toad with Eyes Inside Its Mouth: A Genetic Mystery That Left Everyone Speechless 
Back in 1992, photographer Scott Gardner was on assignment for The Hamilton Spectator when he received a strange radio message that sounded like something straight out of a sci-fi movie: A toad with eyes INSIDE its mouth had been discovered. 
At first, Gardner thought it was some kind of prank—how could that even be real? But his curiosity got the best of him, and he headed over to a family’s backyard in Burlington County, Ontario, to see it for himself.
And what did he find? A toad with eyes UNDER its palate—inside its mouth! Not on its head, not on its body, but literally nestled in the roof of its mouth, where they should never be. 
This wasn’t some optical illusion or freak of nature. Experts later confirmed it was a macromutation—a huge genetic alteration that totally rewires the creature’s structure. Imagine a toad that literally sees the world from inside its own mouth. Talk about a real-life X-Men! 
Despite its extremely unusual anatomy, this odd toad managed to live a relatively normal life, though it had to keep its mouth open constantly to accommodate its bizarre new eye placement. Can you picture a toad walking around, eyes just chilling in its mouth, forever? 
What makes this even crazier? Genetic anomalies like this are extremely rare, but not impossible. Still, this toad remains one of the most mind-blowing, strikingly weird examples of a creature’s genetics going totally rogue.
TL;DR: In 1992, a toad with eyes inside its mouth was discovered in Ontario, thanks to a rare genetic mutation. While it sounds like a creature from a strange fantasy world, this toad lived its life with its weird macromutation, forever reminding us how bizarre and beautiful nature can be. 
