I've seen this a few times. But I never yet wondered. Who wins? Is there data like one smothers the other? Tie? Like that python eating an alligator, and both died.
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Unsurprisingly, it depends. The vine isn't a parasite. It simply needs something to climb. The tree's cells are programmed to respond to pressure, and in so doing engulf the vine. As long as water and food transport up and down in the trunk is intact, the tree will be okay.
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