E sobre como foi a investigação, alguns detalhes a mais numa
matéria do Washington Post:
The museum assembled a five-member team of scientists to compare the photos: Two mammal experts, a South American mammals expert, an expert anteater researcher and a taxidermy expert.
The scientists examined the photos independently, but came to the same conclusion: “There are elements in overall posture, morphology, the position of raised tufts of fur and in the patterning on the neck and the top of the head that are too similar for the images to depict two different animals,” the museum said.
The museum also found some of Cabral’s answers to inquiries about the photo fishy. It’s not unusual for wildlife photographers to snap dozens or hundreds of photos of a subject to capture a single usable image. But Cabral had snapped just one perfect, prizewinning photo. There was no pictures of the suspect anteater in another pose.