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A research vessel off the coast of the Galapagos Islands recently spot a rarely project , ghostly squid with rickety , patsy - less tentacles floating in the deep , marking only the 2d time this problematic metal money has ever been filmed alive .
research worker from the Schmidt Ocean Institute , in collaboration with the Charles Darwin Foundation and Parque Nacional Galápagos , spotted the ethereal cephalopod mollusk , dubbedGrimalditeuthis bonplandi , using a remotely operated vehicle ( ROV ) during an military expedition to hydrothermal vents .
Image captured of rare squid,Grimalditeuthis bonplandi.
G. bonplandican grow up to 10 inches ( 25 centimeters ) in duration . These calamari have fragile eubstance and are slow swimmers . grant to the Schmidt Ocean Institute , the species inhabits deepness of 660 to 5,000 feet ( 200 to 1,500 meters ) . Although believed to exist worldwide , the calamari are rarely encounter — until 2005 , scientists had only studied dead specimens that come from the tummy message of sperm cell heavyweight ( Physeter macrocephalus ) .
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Unlike othersquid , G. bonplandihas feeding tentacle with no suckers . Other cephalopod mollusk whip and thrash about , grabbing their prey with their tentacle and trapping them with their fall guy , butG. bonplandiis reckon to be a graceful feeder that undulates its tentacles to tempt small peewee and other crustaceans .
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Early research collected from drained specimens made it clear that this squid lacked heftiness in its tentacles . In 2005 , scientists spotted the wight in the Monterey Canyonoff central California and tape its foreign behavior for 22 minutes . At that time , the brute remain still , as if stun . Only the ends of its tentacle waved and fluttered . This behaviour led scientists to speculate how the animal captures its prey . It could be mime the movement of a small fish or worm , entice creatures by resembling their prey — a method called aggressive mimicry , which is common in other cephalopods . However , with the limited video observations and infrequent encounters , this is uncertain .
There is still much to learn about these mysterious creatures , but ROVs have made it possible to beguile illuminating footage to inform new theories until the next live sighting .
