"'This is the largest eye ever recorded in history and studied,' said Swedish Professor Eric Warrant of the University of Lund, who specializes in vision in invertebrates. 'It has a huge lens the size of an orange and captures an awful lot of light in the dark depths in which it hunts.'"

"Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid said Wednesday they had measured its eye at about 11 inches across — bigger than a dinner plate — making it the largest animal eye on Earth."

from "Study: Giant squid has biggest animal eyes in world"
By RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Writer
30 April 2008