A plethora of interpretations have emerged throughout human history. For some, the lunar features formed the silhouette of a rabbit. For others, the eyes and mouth of a human face.

The animal had little more than a stump for a head and a small hole for a mouth. It was also bumping into things because the eyeless toad was completely blind.

Researchers have used computer scans to successfully authenticate a real shrunken human head that has been stored at a museum. The researchers, from institutions in Canada and Ecuador, say the ...