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Watch elusive, sucker-less squid in rare footage captured off the Galapagos

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Grimalditeuthis bonplandi is thought to be a graceful feeder that undulates its tentacles to lure small shrimp and other crustaceans.

Unlike other squid, the creature has feeding tentacles with no suckers.

In 2005 , scientists spotted the creature in the Monterey Canyon off central California and recorded its strange behavior.