Amazing video of a redback attacking a brown snake

WATCH this battle of Australia’s most deadly as a redback spider attacks a brown snake in Victoria’s north.

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A BATTLE of Australia’s most deadly has seen a redback spider attack and kill a brown snake in the state’s north yesterday.

A video posted by North Vic Engines Cobram shows the fight unfold between the venomous spider and the world’s second deadliest snake in a workshop at the Cobram business.

The snake can be seen trying in vain to free itself from the spider’s web before being set upon by the redback which — despite being dwarfed by the snake in size — delivers a final “kill shot” and fatal bite.

The man behind the footage, Brenton Maher said this type of predator battle was more common than most people think, adding that he had found another snake caught in a spider’s web just this morning.

“We had exactly this situation happen about this time last year, and yes the spider won that time too,” he said.

“It’s pretty common around here in the country. We have spiders and snakes and it’s pretty normal,” he said.

“Obviously they’re not nice and you don’t want too many of them but you’ve just got to deal with them. They’re spiders and you can’t control them.”

The video has garnered almost two million views since being posted online on Wednesday evening.

Originally published as Amazing video of a redback attacking a brown snake