He wrote his dissertation on flatworms, and in 1885, was appointed director of the Royal Zoological Gardens at The Hague. [1] (http://www.zoonews.ws/IZN/317/IZN-317.htm)
1892 saw the publication of Oudeman's The Great Sea Serpent, a study of the many sea serpent reports from the world's oceans. Oudemans concluded that such creatures might be a previously unknown large seal, which he dubbed Megophias megophias. Reception of the volume has been described as respectful but "cold". Bernard Heuvelmans later suggested that The Great Sea Serpent was the root of cryptozoology.
In 1895, Oudemans left The Hague to teach biology in the city of Sneek.
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The Great Sea Serpent, on-line, free PDF file (http://www.herper.com/ebooks/titles/Seaserpent.html)
For hundred years, individuals have looked for animals that were known from only rumor or legend; and in a few isolated incidents were successful (i.e.
According to Heuvelmans, the first major step towards modern Cryptozoology was taken by Danish Zoologist AnthonidCornelisOudemans.
Oudemans worked on a project in the late 19th century that described Sea-Serpents from anecdotal evidence, and treated the subject very seriously.
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