Snake battles it out with redback spider in Western Australia
- 8 years ago
Snake versus Spider - the sequel: Incredible footage shows a deadly brown snake struggling to break free from the sticky trap set by a giant red back spider An eastern brown snake has been caught in the web of a red back spider West Australian woman Jamii-Leigh Marwick's son found it in their shed Footage shows the snake flailing, trying to escape the spider's web Ms Marwick tried to save the reptile but ended up accidentally killing it
A battle between two of Australia's most venomous creatures has unfolded in a woman's backyard shed, and ended in an unlikely outcome.
West Australian mother-of-three Jamii-Leigh Marwick said her son Eamon found a deadly eastern brown snake caught in the web of a dangerous red back spider on Sunday.
Footage shows the juvenile snake - one of the most venomous in Australia - whipping back and forth as it tried to free itself from the strong web of its opponent.
'So what we have here is a little snake and a red back,' Ms Marwick can be heard commentating on the vision, posted to her Facebook page.
Her children can be heard speaking in the background, and the Kalgoorlie woman remains calm despite the snake rearing its head at her while trying to escape.
Ms Marwick said she initially tried to rescue the snake, but 'if he's been bitten he's screwed anyway, he may as well be dinner'.
'He's angry, he's cranky, the woman can be heard saying before telling her kids 'we're going to leave him alone guys'.
Ms Marwick said in the end while she was trying to rescue the reptile, before she realised how dangerous it was, she actually killed it.
'In my attempt to save him... I accidentally dropped a jar on the poor bloke and he didn't survive,' she wrote online.
'The spider is now also no longer a threat.'
The video has attracted more than 6000 views, and dozens of comments from friends and family marvelling at the battle.
'That's the most Australian thing I've ever seen. Google snake caught in spider Web. This is SO common is scary,' one woman posted.
'My two pet hates snake and spider,' another wrote
'You are a better person than me, I would not have got that close to both of them I would have run and I say to that I would not of gone back to the shed.'
This is not the first time a battle between a snake and spider has taken place. And despite the difference in size and strength, it seems the reptiles don't often come out on top.
Last March a Victorian farmer was astonished to find an enormous red-back spider had lifted an eastern brown snake off the ground and 'hurled it' into its web under one of the family's car.
'It's just mindboggling,' Neale Postlethwaite, a farmer of 20 years from Gooroc, north of Melbourne, said at the time.
The eastern brown snake is known for its potent venom, which can cause sudden death, neurotoxity, coagulation disturbances and nephrotoxicity, according to researchers.
But this baby snake was presumably a victim of the spider's poison, and by the next morning it had died.
A battle between two of Australia's most venomous creatures has unfolded in a woman's backyard shed, and ended in an unlikely outcome.
West Australian mother-of-three Jamii-Leigh Marwick said her son Eamon found a deadly eastern brown snake caught in the web of a dangerous red back spider on Sunday.
Footage shows the juvenile snake - one of the most venomous in Australia - whipping back and forth as it tried to free itself from the strong web of its opponent.
'So what we have here is a little snake and a red back,' Ms Marwick can be heard commentating on the vision, posted to her Facebook page.
Her children can be heard speaking in the background, and the Kalgoorlie woman remains calm despite the snake rearing its head at her while trying to escape.
Ms Marwick said she initially tried to rescue the snake, but 'if he's been bitten he's screwed anyway, he may as well be dinner'.
'He's angry, he's cranky, the woman can be heard saying before telling her kids 'we're going to leave him alone guys'.
Ms Marwick said in the end while she was trying to rescue the reptile, before she realised how dangerous it was, she actually killed it.
'In my attempt to save him... I accidentally dropped a jar on the poor bloke and he didn't survive,' she wrote online.
'The spider is now also no longer a threat.'
The video has attracted more than 6000 views, and dozens of comments from friends and family marvelling at the battle.
'That's the most Australian thing I've ever seen. Google snake caught in spider Web. This is SO common is scary,' one woman posted.
'My two pet hates snake and spider,' another wrote
'You are a better person than me, I would not have got that close to both of them I would have run and I say to that I would not of gone back to the shed.'
This is not the first time a battle between a snake and spider has taken place. And despite the difference in size and strength, it seems the reptiles don't often come out on top.
Last March a Victorian farmer was astonished to find an enormous red-back spider had lifted an eastern brown snake off the ground and 'hurled it' into its web under one of the family's car.
'It's just mindboggling,' Neale Postlethwaite, a farmer of 20 years from Gooroc, north of Melbourne, said at the time.
The eastern brown snake is known for its potent venom, which can cause sudden death, neurotoxity, coagulation disturbances and nephrotoxicity, according to researchers.
But this baby snake was presumably a victim of the spider's poison, and by the next morning it had died.