Trond Oskars
@trondoskars.bsky.social
Marine biologist and taxonomist 🐚🪸 working with biodiversity and marine ecosystems.
#PhD with a creative streak.
#naturmangfold #biodiversity #taxonomy
#firstgen higher education of fisherman stock 🇧🇻
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trond-oskars
#PhD with a creative streak.
#naturmangfold #biodiversity #taxonomy
#firstgen higher education of fisherman stock 🇧🇻
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trond-oskars
I am all in a sea of wonders.
Dracula, Bram Stoker
The vampire squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis, it's name literally means “the vampire squid from hell.”
Sounds like a Halloween nightmare, right?
Dracula, Bram Stoker
The vampire squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis, it's name literally means “the vampire squid from hell.”
Sounds like a Halloween nightmare, right?
October 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I am all in a sea of wonders.
Dracula, Bram Stoker
The vampire squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis, it's name literally means “the vampire squid from hell.”
Sounds like a Halloween nightmare, right?
Dracula, Bram Stoker
The vampire squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis, it's name literally means “the vampire squid from hell.”
Sounds like a Halloween nightmare, right?
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆!
Yesterday I posted about how we don’t really know our biodiversity.
There are an estimated 8–11 million species on Earth.
Less than 15% are named and described.
Without names, their stories may never be told.
#NameItToSaveIt 🌐 🦑 🐙 🧪
Yesterday I posted about how we don’t really know our biodiversity.
There are an estimated 8–11 million species on Earth.
Less than 15% are named and described.
Without names, their stories may never be told.
#NameItToSaveIt 🌐 🦑 🐙 🧪
May 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆!
Yesterday I posted about how we don’t really know our biodiversity.
There are an estimated 8–11 million species on Earth.
Less than 15% are named and described.
Without names, their stories may never be told.
#NameItToSaveIt 🌐 🦑 🐙 🧪
Yesterday I posted about how we don’t really know our biodiversity.
There are an estimated 8–11 million species on Earth.
Less than 15% are named and described.
Without names, their stories may never be told.
#NameItToSaveIt 🌐 🦑 🐙 🧪
“𝙒𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮.”
E. O. Wilson
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E. O. Wilson
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May 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“𝙒𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮.”
E. O. Wilson
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E. O. Wilson
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“That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.”
– Carl Sagan
Sagan was referring to the tiny blue dot in the image.
A tiny blue grain.
Mostly ocean.
Teeming with weird and wonderful life.
It looks calm and blue from space.
But up close, it's messy. Fragile.
Here’s the twist:
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– Carl Sagan
Sagan was referring to the tiny blue dot in the image.
A tiny blue grain.
Mostly ocean.
Teeming with weird and wonderful life.
It looks calm and blue from space.
But up close, it's messy. Fragile.
Here’s the twist:
🐙 🦑 🌐 🧪
April 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
“That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.”
– Carl Sagan
Sagan was referring to the tiny blue dot in the image.
A tiny blue grain.
Mostly ocean.
Teeming with weird and wonderful life.
It looks calm and blue from space.
But up close, it's messy. Fragile.
Here’s the twist:
🐙 🦑 🌐 🧪
– Carl Sagan
Sagan was referring to the tiny blue dot in the image.
A tiny blue grain.
Mostly ocean.
Teeming with weird and wonderful life.
It looks calm and blue from space.
But up close, it's messy. Fragile.
Here’s the twist:
🐙 🦑 🌐 🧪
T𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱-𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗮𝗽𝘀?
It's not that they’re really absent.
We just haven't been looking closely enough.
Here's the twist.
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It's not that they’re really absent.
We just haven't been looking closely enough.
Here's the twist.
🧪 🐙 🦑 🌐 🌊
April 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
T𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱-𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗮𝗽𝘀?
It's not that they’re really absent.
We just haven't been looking closely enough.
Here's the twist.
🧪 🐙 🦑 🌐 🌊
It's not that they’re really absent.
We just haven't been looking closely enough.
Here's the twist.
🧪 🐙 🦑 🌐 🌊
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆!
Gotta love ‘em all, also the real ones!
Well, at least some are inspired by real biodiversity.
🧪🐙🦑🌐
Gotta love ‘em all, also the real ones!
Well, at least some are inspired by real biodiversity.
🧪🐙🦑🌐
February 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆!
Gotta love ‘em all, also the real ones!
Well, at least some are inspired by real biodiversity.
🧪🐙🦑🌐
Gotta love ‘em all, also the real ones!
Well, at least some are inspired by real biodiversity.
🧪🐙🦑🌐
𝗜𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗜 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱!𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀.
Yet, I never got reported, or kicked out.
Here’s the twist.
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Yet, I never got reported, or kicked out.
Here’s the twist.
🦑 🐙 🧪 🌐
February 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
𝗜𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗜 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱!𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀.
Yet, I never got reported, or kicked out.
Here’s the twist.
🦑 🐙 🧪 🌐
Yet, I never got reported, or kicked out.
Here’s the twist.
🦑 🐙 🧪 🌐
Usually, I have Invertebrates on my mind.
But I haven’t been posting much about them lately.
Here’s the twist.
But I haven’t been posting much about them lately.
Here’s the twist.
February 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Usually, I have Invertebrates on my mind.
But I haven’t been posting much about them lately.
Here’s the twist.
But I haven’t been posting much about them lately.
Here’s the twist.
Happy new year!
As above, so below.
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As above, so below.
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January 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Happy new year!
As above, so below.
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As above, so below.
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𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬.
But, they could save marine biodiversity.
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The image is (c) Richard Ling • CC BY-SA 3.0
But, they could save marine biodiversity.
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The image is (c) Richard Ling • CC BY-SA 3.0
December 16, 2024 at 11:38 AM
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬.
But, they could save marine biodiversity.
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The image is (c) Richard Ling • CC BY-SA 3.0
But, they could save marine biodiversity.
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The image is (c) Richard Ling • CC BY-SA 3.0
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨...
For much of marine life, real monsters lurk beneath the waves.
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For much of marine life, real monsters lurk beneath the waves.
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October 19, 2024 at 12:14 PM
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨...
For much of marine life, real monsters lurk beneath the waves.
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For much of marine life, real monsters lurk beneath the waves.
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Update: the science fair had 837 visitors! Last year we had 200! I actually ran out of limpets.
September 29, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Update: the science fair had 837 visitors! Last year we had 200! I actually ran out of limpets.
Ready for some untraditional seafood?
At least, for many European palates.
(Trigger warning: I'm talking about eating animals).
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At least, for many European palates.
(Trigger warning: I'm talking about eating animals).
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September 26, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Ready for some untraditional seafood?
At least, for many European palates.
(Trigger warning: I'm talking about eating animals).
🧪 🦑 🐙
At least, for many European palates.
(Trigger warning: I'm talking about eating animals).
🧪 🦑 🐙
Apparently I was #2,951,000!
September 21, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Apparently I was #2,951,000!
I recently went with my family to one our favorite fishing spots.
Sadly, some tourists had beaten us to it. Instead, we started to explore the shallows and came across these beautiful little gems, 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴! 🧪 🐙 🦑 🦐
Sadly, some tourists had beaten us to it. Instead, we started to explore the shallows and came across these beautiful little gems, 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴! 🧪 🐙 🦑 🦐
September 14, 2024 at 8:26 PM
I recently went with my family to one our favorite fishing spots.
Sadly, some tourists had beaten us to it. Instead, we started to explore the shallows and came across these beautiful little gems, 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴! 🧪 🐙 🦑 🦐
Sadly, some tourists had beaten us to it. Instead, we started to explore the shallows and came across these beautiful little gems, 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴! 🧪 🐙 🦑 🦐
𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
No, I'm not posting science fiction!
This is the green spoon worm (Bonellia viridis), who belongs to the peanut worms or siphuncula and echiura.
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No, I'm not posting science fiction!
This is the green spoon worm (Bonellia viridis), who belongs to the peanut worms or siphuncula and echiura.
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September 10, 2024 at 11:47 AM
𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
No, I'm not posting science fiction!
This is the green spoon worm (Bonellia viridis), who belongs to the peanut worms or siphuncula and echiura.
🐙 🦑 🧪
No, I'm not posting science fiction!
This is the green spoon worm (Bonellia viridis), who belongs to the peanut worms or siphuncula and echiura.
🐙 🦑 🧪
We all love Nudibranchs rigth?
So does this sea spider. To Death ..
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So does this sea spider. To Death ..
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September 7, 2024 at 5:20 PM
We all love Nudibranchs rigth?
So does this sea spider. To Death ..
🧪 🦑 🐙
So does this sea spider. To Death ..
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Nudibranch Berghia norvegica pigment liner and watercolour #invertfest 🦑 🐙 🧪
August 31, 2024 at 5:17 AM
Nudibranch Berghia norvegica pigment liner and watercolour #invertfest 🦑 🐙 🧪
