Posted on 10/11/2012 3:37:31 PM PDT by smoothsailing
By David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel
October 11, 2012
A giant eyeball from a mysterious sea creature washed ashore Wednesday in Pompano Beach.
No one knows what species the huge eyeball came from, but whatever it is, it has blue eyes and has to be big enough to have eyeballs bigger than softballs. Among the possibilities being discussed are a giant squid, some other large fish or a whale or other large marine mammal.
A man spotted the eyeball Wednesday and reported it to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
"He was walking along the beach and found it and thought it looked like something cool," said Carli Segelson, spokeswoman for the commission.
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Swordfish eye.
Ping.
Love the video! Super Mario found the eyeball.
How can they not know? Can’t they do a DNA test on it to at least determine order or genus?
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