Teresa Rose Osborne, PhD
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Teresa Rose Osborne, PhD
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Mariana Islands invertebrate conservation biologist 🏝️🇲🇵 Postdoc on ant locomotion 🐜 PhD in Pacific Island land snails 🐌🐚 I go by Rose, she/her 🖖
Sometimes, the student's expectations for themselves are here 👉🏻
And their work is here 👉🏻
And the instructor's expectations are here 👉🏻
So they think they did bad, but they didn't
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
As a gastroenterologist, I am Personally Offended
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November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Disagree. Jane Austen adult works. It refers to grown adults who still have a crush on Mr. Darcy
September 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
NPR has already done this story on horse racing
September 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I don't collect many seashells. My work focuses on the land snails. One of our local artists here on Rota makes some wonderful jewelry, collage, etc out of beach glass and shells
September 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
How many akaleha’ can you find in this photo? I see 2 ✌️
#InverteFest #JoyOfMolluscs 🐌 5/5
August 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Juvenile akaleha’ are a bit harder to find 🔍
#InverteFest #JoyOfMolluscs 🐌 4/5
August 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Let’s make it a little harder…
#InverteFest #JoyOfMolluscs 🐌 3/5
August 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Can you find both akaleha’?
#InverteFest #JoyOfMolluscs 🐌 2/5
August 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
At first glance, Omphalotropis snails can also look like baby akaleha’, but Omphalotropis shells are pointier and have more whorls
#InverteFest #SnailSaturday #JoyOfMolluscs 🐌 4/4
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Under a microscope, Elasmias look very different from baby akaleha’. Elasmias have transparent shells and “teeth” in the shell opening
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But since I can’t collect baby akaleha’ to look at them under a scope (they’re endangered), this doesn’t help!

#InverteFest #SnailSaturday #JoyOfMolluscs 🐌 3/4
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In the field, baby akaleha’ can look similar to Elasmias snails. The largest Elasmias are ~2 mm vs the baby akaleha’ are ~4 mm. Somehow, it’s even harder for me to tell them apart in photos - even with a ruler 📏

#InverteFest #SnailSaturday #JoyOfMolluscs 🐌 2/4
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM