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Colossal Squid has the largest eyes of any known animal

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Colossal Squid has the largest eyes of any known animal
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The eye is 27 cm (11 in) wide, with a lens 12 cm (4.7 in) across. This is the largest eye of any known animal.[3] These measurements are of the partly collapsed specimen; when living the eye was probably 30[4] to 40 cm (12 to 16 in) across.[24]

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Chicago's Field Museum has 10 colonies of flesh-eating beetles, who live and work at the museum cleaning animal bones for display.

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