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Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid
said Wednesday they had measured its eye at about 11 inches
across — bigger than a dinner plate — making it the largest
animal eye on Earth.
One of the squid’s two eyes, with a lens as big as an orange,
was found intact as the scientists examined the creature while
it was slowly defrosted at New Zealand’s national museum, Te
Papa Tongarewa. It has been preserved there since being caught
in the Ross Sea off Antarctica’s northern coast last year.
‘‘This is the only intact eye (of a colossal squid) that’s ever
been found. It’s spectacular,’‘ said Auckland University of
Technology squid specialist Kat Bolstad, one of a team of
international scientists brought in to examine the
creature.
