Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this doesn’t hurt—and might even be a good thing.

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate lightning strikes,

Led by forest ecologist Evan Gora at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, researchers in Panama’s tropical forests investigated the impact of lightning strikes.