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        "description": "<p>December 6, 2012\u2014In the Brazilian Cerrado, a National Geographic explorer is studying how bearded capuchin monkeys learned to expertly use stone tools to crack open palm nuts.</p>", 
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        "title": "Monkeys Use Stones to Crack Nuts", 
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                    "name": "More About Dorothy Fragaszy and Her Work"
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        "transcript": "<p>Have you ever had a hard time opening a nut? \u00a0Maybe you can learn a thing or two from these guys!</p><p>I'm Lucie McNeil and this is National Geographic On Assignment\u2014your link you to thousands of Nat Geo Explorers around the globe.</p><p>Today, we're off to the Brazilian Cerrado, Where bearded capuchin monkeys use large stones to crack open palm nuts.</p><p>National Geographic's Dorothy Fragaszy has been trying to figure out how these monkeys do this.</p><p>Capuchins are the only monkeys that use stones to open nuts and it's a finely honed skill.</p><p>SOUNDBITE: Dorothy Fragaszy:\u00a0<em>It takes young monkeys years to be proficient at cracking nuts, they have to be between 3 to 5 years old before they're any good at all.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Among adults, there's a lot of competition to find the best stone for hammering...as well as the best place to set the nut.</p><p>Since other food sources are plentiful in the forest, these palm nuts must be quite a treat for the capuchins ... one worthy of all the effort.</p><p>That's National Geographic On Assignment\u2014your link to our Explorers.</p>", 
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