Giant squid has world’s largest eyes

squid largest eyesSo with the picture of the giant squid in my earlier post, here's an article about a giant squid that has the world's largest eyes. They found the carcass of a rare colossal squid that had eyes that measured about 11 inches across (bigger than a dinner plate) - and making it the largest animal eye on EARTH!

"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.

source: SGVTribune.com


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  1. News » Giant squid has world’s largest eyes on May 5th, 2008 6:39 pm

    [...] Salient wrote an interesting post today on Giant squid has world’s largest eyesHere’s a quick excerpt So with the picture of the giant squid in my earlier post, here’s an article about a giant squid that has the world’s largest eyes. They found the carcass of a rare colossal squid that had eyes that measured about 11 inches across (bigger than a dinner plate) – and making it the largest animal eye on EARTH! “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 internat [...]

  2. jeffry r. johnston on May 9th, 2008 11:31 am

    Ha, I used to work at the SGV Trib back in my journalism days.

  3. admin on May 9th, 2008 2:05 pm

    if you know anyone there, tell them to stop it with the pop ups! bugs me everytime i go there.

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