It looks like the big blue eyeball found on a Florida beach last week was cut out of a swordfish hauled in by a deep-sea angler , the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Monday . A beachcomber found the softball-sized eyeball on the sand in Pompano Beach , Florida , on Wednesday , speculating that perhaps it came from a squid . But experts who examined the eyeball made their call of swordfish based on the its size ( softball ) , color ( blue ) and structure ( presumably swordfishy ) , according to a statement from Joan Herrera , curator of collections at the agency 's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg . Based on straight cuts on the bone around the eyeball , Herrera said , experts think an angler cut it out of a swordfish and tossed it overboard . The half-ton fish are frequently found in the Florida Straits off South Florida at this time of year , according to the statement . DNA testing is being done to confirm the finding , the agency said .
Mystery eyeball probably cut from a swordfish by an angler , state wildlife agency says . A beachcomber made the unusual find last week in Pompano Beach , Florida .