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Snopes says it’s “Mostly true” in that they don’t know the origins of the color photo but the black and white one is authentic: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/frog-eyes-inside-mouth/

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[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Quoting the article:

Most anurans retract and close their eyes repeatedly during swallowing. Eye retraction may aid swallowing by helping to push food back toward the esophagus.

That's about normal frogs, not the mutated ones. They use their eye balls to push food down their throats.

What. the. fuck. What a terrible day to be literate.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My God. If wind hits my eyes it hurts. Can't imagine them hitting against a steak. And the jarring effect on vision. Why? Why do this?

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Amphibians are weird as hell, that's why.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 51 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That seems... inconvenient.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

maybe their mouth is so open so often that this is more effective for them.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] blargle@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

This is what I opened the thread for.

[–] PassingThrough@lemm.ee 37 points 4 days ago

Well that’s one way to watch what you eat.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

I believe this frog likes see-food.

Ba dum cha!

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 18 points 4 days ago

frogs have the most fucked up mutations

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] circledot@feddit.org 14 points 4 days ago

Intelligent design

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

They must keep their mouths open more than normal frogs just so they can see. Poor creatures.

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

There's frogs

😖

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They're not even symmetrical, I don't even know whether to send this to my wife to make her laugh, or send it to my wife to freak her out

[–] kewjo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

this would make an interesting sequel. I Have No Eyes and I must scream

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 12 points 4 days ago

the elder deep is leaking

Why did I have to see this right before bed

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

And this is how nature invented eyelids 😃

[–] lenuup@reddthat.com 8 points 4 days ago

That's actually great. Now it can watch what it eats.