Interestingly, Firefox canonicalizes such links to the decimal IP address: if you hover over it, you see https://8.8.8.8/ https://8.8.8.8/ , and if you click on

Interestingly, Firefox canonicalizes such links to the decimal IP address: if you hover over it, you see https://8.8.8.8/ https://8.8.8.8/ , and if you click on it that's where you end up.