One of the more unusual outdoor stories this week involves the discovery Wednesday of a giant eyeball on Pompano Beach in Florida.
The Florida Fish and Wild Conservation Commission is sending the "mystery eyeball," which is slightly larger than a baseball, to the agency's research lab in the hope of determining what kind of creature it belonged to.
However, George Burgess of the Florida Museum of Natural History sent this website an email Thursday night stating that the eyeball may have belonged to a bigeye thresher shark, a protected species caught incidentally off Florida in moderately deep water.
"My guess is that a fisher did a bit of dissection at sea then was reminded it was illegal to possess even 'parts,' " said Burgess, a leading authority on sharks and shark attacks.
It'll be interesting to see if this hunch is correct, and our hunch is that Burgess is spot on.
Carli Segelson, a spokeswoman for the FWC, did not know when the agency will have an official determination.
--Image courtesy of Carli Segelson / Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
I'm gonna guess Swordfish or Blue Marlin.
Posted by: Bren | Oct 12, 2012 at 07:37 PM
looks like its from.... a creature with a giant eye
Posted by: Jon Hensley | Oct 12, 2012 at 05:34 PM
its not an oarfish, check out the one that washed up in mexico today.. http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/36396/rare+find+of+bizarre-looking+oarfish+made+on+cabo+san+lucas+beach/
Posted by: j sak | Oct 12, 2012 at 04:47 PM
These are fun.
"Blue Marlin. Final Answer."
Posted by: drudown | Oct 12, 2012 at 04:52 AM
Hmmm. Just too large for a Thresher shark. Has to be a bigger creature?
Posted by: drudown | Oct 12, 2012 at 02:12 AM
to me it look's more like from a tuna a marlin or a tarpon but im going with a marlin
Posted by: george | Oct 11, 2012 at 09:22 PM
Its from an OAR fish. LOOK it up.
Posted by: david | Oct 11, 2012 at 08:59 PM
looks like a sunfish eye
Posted by: Jason Vernau | Oct 11, 2012 at 08:10 PM