Saturday, October 13, 2012

Giant Eyeball


This was my favorite story of the week, as reported by the Associated Press [emphasis added]:
MIAMI (AP) — State wildlife officials are trying to determine the species of a blue eyeball found by a man Wednesday at Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale. They put the eyeball on ice so it can be analyzed at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg. Agency spokeswoman Carli Segelson says the eyeball likely came from a marine animal, since it was found on a beach. Possible candidates include a giant squid, a whale or some type of large fish.
"Likely came from a marine animal." Sure you want to go out on that limb, Ms. Segelson, and rule out all land-based mammals, not to mention one very unhappy giant cyclops?  Maybe the eyeball is related to Mike Wazowski, the character Billy Crystal voiced in Pixar's "Monsters Inc" (after all, they have a prequel, "Monsters University," coming out in a few months).