Giant Eyeball Washes Ashore

MIAMI (AP) — Word that a giant eyeball washed up on a South Florida Coast 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 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. Florida wildlife officials have sent it to a research facility in St. Petersburg for testing.