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Nice, thanks!!

Oh wow, the first one sounds mean. Never heard of an isopod parasite (but I'd now guess there are many more aquatic ones?). And inducing necrosis of the tongue to be the new fish's organ, ouch :O

And what a wild ride the second story is! Thanks for sharing :)

Lol, found an iNat guy in the wild! I immediately knew @neontetraploid because I've tagged them hundreds of times on iNat :)

Oh of course, I didn't consider the "I know you don't either" part. Thanks, I got it now :)

Thanks for the explanation, but I cannot follow on this line

Since he knows that Bernard doesn't know given just the row, each ball in that row is in a column that contains more than one ball.

Why is that? Why couldn't it be A2 or A3? In this case neither Albert nor Bertrand could tell what row/column this was either, because it would be in a row/column with another ball. How can you exclude any row with overlap with any single-ball columns?

Same!

From Wikipedia on dopamine:

The brain includes several distinct dopamine pathways, one of which plays a major role in the motivational component of reward-motivated behavior.

So it is a neurotransmitter but has many different functions as such. But also:

Outside the central nervous system, dopamine functions primarily as a local paracrine messenger. In blood vessels, it inhibits norepinephrine release and acts as a vasodilator; in the kidneys, it increases sodium excretion and urine output; in the pancreas, it reduces insulin production; in the digestive system, it reduces gastrointestinal motility and protects intestinal mucosa; and in the immune system, it reduces the activity of lymphocytes. With the exception of the blood vessels, dopamine in each of these peripheral systems is synthesized locally and exerts its effects near the cells that release it.

So dopamine is important for all kinds of cells to function correctly. So just chugging a bunch of dopamine would do all kinds of stuff to your body...

Yeah, seems like you're right about kurz. It's mostly just walnuts although you can find recipes where they say nueces and use pecans. Almendras seem to be classified as a separate thing from nuts, interesting. Wasn't aware of that before! I'd just use the term "nuez" like I would in German maybe that's why I never noticed :D

I guess things can have multiple names, too. In German you would also say Waldfrüchte (forest fruits) to mixed berries, but they are still Beeren (berries) as well. If you search for "postre de bayas" or "pastel de bayas" many recipes pop up. And sure, Spanish is obviously a diverse language with the divide between Spanish from Spain and from Latin America.

Disclaimer: I'm part of the scientific bubble so that's why I may here more terms that are botanical in Spanish ;)

Bayas y nueces... Tubérculo is closer to the botanical definition because it is a tuber (storage organ) and not a fruit (like most vegetables). And I would think that tubérculo could be any tuber vegetable, not just papas/patatas. Things like ñame or otoe are called tubérculo también.

Well, there is someone around with a checklist constantly reminding me of what I should be able to accomplish and they actually do compare my every step with my peak performance. It is the part of me that was made to believe that I only have any worth if I'm achieving the best. Anything less and I'm worthless...

I'm glad you made it out of there. Hope I'll get to this point one day, too!