Scientists in New Zealand dissecting a rarely seen colossal squid say they have discovered the largest known eye.Over the last few days the creature has been examined as it emerges from the deep freeze in which it has been kept since it was accidentally caught by fishermen off the coast of Antarctica last February. While defrosting the 495kg (78lb) animal took longer than expected, scientists working at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa found that its two eyes measured 27cm (11in) across, with lenses 10 to 12 centimetres in diameter — the size of an orange. "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. "It's the largest known eye in the animal kingdom," Bolstad said.If the squid were alive, said Professor Eric Warrant of the University of Lund in Sweden...

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