What organs or modification needed to have tree that gain energy from lightning or electricity?
As the title: I want to know what kind of organs or modifications need for plants like tree to gain energy from lightning or electricity (and still fine or safe or alive of course).
Since I have a region that constantly has thunderstorm in it, and just recently seeing a tree get struck by lightning make me wonder about it.
- the tree need to be organic so no machine or bionic thing.
- the tree may or may not have the usual photosynthesis, would help to know the impact or side effect though.
- not necessarily for the tree to use the electricity as self defense especially not on purpose or accidental or due to the side effect, but would be nice to know though, assuming the tree manage to contain such electricity in its body or organs somehow.
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As L.Dutch said, lightning is super energetic and any plant probably wouldn't survive it's strike. What I can imagine is the forest benefiting from some of its trees taking the hit for the team and burning down. Here are some ideas (which might not be realistic):
- A tree could burn in a way that radiates lots of UV rays which would help the surrounding trees grow.
- Roots could burn into charcoal which would nurture the surrounding trees.
- Lightning strikes could in some way rid the forest of some tree-eating bugs that would otherwise pose a big problem for the trees. If there weren't such bugs, the trees could be more vulnerable to them in a way where they could have more of what those bugs are after.
Roots could have some special conductivity. If a tree got it, it would still burn down, but also send a healthy amount of electricity to other trees. This by itself wouldn't be a benefit, but could be used as a way to transform the enormous voltage into levels that other trees would survive.
- Tree bark could be covered in a layer that would harden itself upon electrification.
- Thees could be luminiscent a bit, one tree getting hit could charge up surrounding trees by charging up rechargable chemistry-based batteries.
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