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"Huge Eyeball From Unknown Creature Washes Ashore On Florida Beach."

It's big, it's blue and the newspaper says "among the possibilities being discussed are a giant squid, some other large fish or a whale or other large marine mammal."

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has sent the eye off for study.

, folks are speculating about whales, squid, swordfish, mastodons and Big Foot. What's your best guess (informed or otherwise)?

Update at 10:40 a.m. ET, Oct. 15. Mystery Solved. It Looks Like It Came From A Swordfish:

, "experts from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission believe that the softball-sized eyeball that washed up in Pompano Beach, Fla. belongs to a swordfish."

And my apologies to "Jack Bertram" for mistakenly giving someone else the credit on his comment. We've corrected the post below.

Update at 3:15 p.m. ET, Oct. 12. Giant Squid Can Have Eyes The Size Of Basketballs!

, some giant squid that have been "caught or observed ... [had] huge, basketball-size peepers."

Update at noon ET, Oct. 12. 'National Geographic' Leans Toward Giant Squid:

"To us, it looks an awful lot like the ," National Geographic's .

Update at 6:15 p.m. ET. Some Early Thoughts, Serious And Not-So.

From the comments thread:

-- "Swordfish. Biiig female. Anatomically wrong for giant or colossal squid. Whales have smaller eyes. ."

-- "My guess would be giant squid. That was what first came to mind. ."

-- "Marty Feldman! ."

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-- " Eye of a large tortoise."

-- " The eye of the Kraken!"

-- " I have no eye-dea."

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