Bizarre Tree That Evolved to Use Lightning for Survival

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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a very strange tree in South America and its unusual survival strategy Links: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.70062 #tree #lightning #biology

0:00 Bizarre tree from South America 0:35 Lightning strikes in natural locations 1:40 New study on tropical forests and lightning strikes 3:05 Unexpected discovery of a tree that never dies 3:55 Tonka bean tree 5:30 Lightning strikes on this tree and its evolutionary adaptation 8:10 Additional questions and conclusions

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