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Kodak retiree finds new animal in moss from New York log; scientists confirm it as a new tardigrade
A retired Kodak finance worker and longtime volunteer, Judy Dobles, discovered a previously unknown tardigrade species after collecting moss from a log at New York’s Cumming Nature Center and examining it under a microscope. The species was formally recognised about a year later. Named Mesocrista ojagwaji, it adds to the growing list of tardigrades identified in New York and highlights how much microscopic life remains to be studied.
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