Giant eyeball may belong to large squid

MIAMI—A giant eyeball that washed up on a Florida beach has created a buzz on the Internet and in the marine biology community.

An assistant biology professor at Florida International University in Miami on Friday said the blue eyeball may have come from a deep sea squid or a large swordfish. Heather Bracken-Grissom says she started discussing the eyeball with her colleagues as soon as they saw the pictures on the Internet.

A beachgoer found it last Wednesday in Pompano Beach.

Bracken-Grissom says the lens and pupil are similar to the shape of a deep sea squid's eye. She notes that the squid's eyes can be as large as soccer balls and they easily dislodge.

(AP FOTO) SEEING BIG. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has released a photo showing a giant eyeball from a mysterious sea creature that washed ashore on a Florida beach last Wednesday.