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Monkey indigestion? Eat dirt

Macaques living near the Rock of Gibraltar eat a lot of tourists' food. A new study suggests the monkeys have learned to eat dirt to settle their stomachs.

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Nathan Rott is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk, where he focuses on environment issues and the American West.
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