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Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

In this undated file photo, the rainforest is shown in Panama. STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images In a typical lightning strike in a tropical forest, the lightning attaches directly to a large-canopy tree ...

The Tonka bean tree conducts electricity so well that lightning just flows through it, leaving the tree unharmed. But the parasitic vines on it die.