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Epic Vid: Giant Spider Battling Snake Caught on Film (Arachnophobes and Ophidiophobes Beware!)

In most cases, pitting a spider against a snake would be a no brainer of which would win. In fact, the snake would most likely ignore the spider and slither away to find a mammal or bird to prey upon. But it really depends on the spider. Add some toxic venom and amp up the size of the arachnid and you have a more worthy adversary.

Giant Spider Battles Snake in Australia

(Photo: Ant Hadleigh via Cairns Post)

We can see just how it plays out thanks to a man from Queensland, Australia, who saw a giant spider battling with a snake in a friend’s backyard. Australia’s Cairns Post reports Ant Hadleigh said the struggle between the brown tree snake and golden orb spider took a little over an hour:

“I thought it was pretty incredible,” Mr. Hadleigh said.

“A few times the snake managed to get up and attack the spider, and the spider would run back up the web.

“I would have put my money on the snake for sure, especially seeing how big it was.”

Watch the battle (Warning: Those with arachnophobia and/or ophidiophobia might want to avoid):

Both the animals have venom, but it was the snake who succumbed first, according to the Cairns Post.

(H/T io9)

Comments (86)

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  • ConstLaw
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 2:09pm

    Looks like the spider does not need food stamps for now.

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    • TheCoffinMaker
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 3:54pm

      Just a blood-sucker.

      …like you’d find working in government.

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    • Nepenthe
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:15pm

      So US Soldiers are blood-suckers?

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 4:26pm

      Kind of hard to pick a side to cheer for .. and you know he did not mean the military .. they are not “federal workers” .. they are way above and beyond those little toadies .. hit a nerve?

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 5:10pm

      Nepenthe

      No, Soldiers are not blood suckers. They can’t join the SEIU. They fall under a much higher standard of conduct, (UCMJ), and they don’t cry when they have to work nights, weekends, Holidays, or are sent to a third world country to fight for YOUR freedom while getting shot at!

      Now go back to HuffPo to read and comment on the liberal propaganda you take as truth.

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    • jgmillionaire
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 7:32pm

      NEPENTHE, not only was your comment not very well thought out, it was plain stupid. Members of the military aren’t considered government employees. They aren’t considered employees at all actually. They are left out of the employment count, whereas government workers, the blood-suckers, are counted. Do you honestly think he was calling our military members blood suckers? Nice try with the gotcha-gotcha game, but like I said, stupid.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 9:47pm

      A Snake Shake!

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    • pd2fly
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 12:40am

      While it true that members of the military/veterans are not Federal employees, that does not mean they are not bloodsuckers. As a VBA employee (benefits side, not healthcare) I can assure you that numerous veterans would shame the average welfare requester. Many of claims I see would make you sick – the garage that these veterans claim/appeal is beyond reason. As a veteran with over 26 years service (both enlisted and officer) I feel feel the need to call these clowns out. Veterans are no different than the populace – after all, they came from the populace. So while 47% of our populace decides to mouch off the other 53% – our veterans do the same. It’s very, very sad.

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    • RED PILL PATRIOT
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:28am

      Hey PD2FLY wonder what your job was when you were in? Lot of florescent light and air conditioning I expect. Yes, I agree there are many that try to work the system — after they have served their country. To compare them to welfare abusers ****** me off.

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  • cranberry
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 2:02pm

    small snake, laaaaaarge spider. i would have loved to see that in person, unusually shaped spider, blueish in color…

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    • LetUsReason
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 6:21pm

      I used to live in Australia and would see these spiders occasionally while hiking. Their webs are incredibly strong! I tossed a crab in one and it stuck!

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  • AngelAuthor
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 1:55pm

    When they said “spider vs snake” I thought they were referring to the 2008 Democratic primary…

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  • john gault 2
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 1:52pm

    i have gotten out of my car and ran to the edge of the woods so i could get a better look at a bear cub had it been that spider i would have floored it and never looked back

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  • Tifn8r
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 1:43pm

    The most frightening part of the whole article….

    BOTH ANIMALS WERE IN HIS NEIGHBOR’S YARD!!

    Luckily they weren’t under his bed.

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  • MyzPhoenyx
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 1:31pm

    I really really really dislike spiders. Ok, ok.. I run squealing from the room if they’re big enough. Snakes, not so much for some reason. I don’t mind little orb weavers to help control bugs in the yard, but inside is my domain. And a spider THAT big? -=shudder=- If I saw that, I’d be gleefully torching my back yard to get rid of it! The first time that I saw one of those head sized banana spiders in Florida, I about choked a poor kid half to death as he went running by me and almost plowed into the web. I reached out and snatched him by the collar before he could. I thought his parents were going to kill me until I pointed out the web and spider. I mean, how can people miss giant Halloween decorated spiders with skull shapes on their bodies and fangs that you can see from multiple feet away?
    Ok, so I know that having a fear of spiders can make them stand out more, but wow. Get your hand away from that thing!

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 2:28pm

      Snakes don’t really bother me, BUT spiders I do not like. Every last one of them is venomous. Snakes are easy enough to avoid, But spiders. Black widows are everywhere where I live, Found over 20 of them living between the rocks of a raised bed garden I had made. When working outside or in a shed or basement be careful where you put your hands.

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    • MyzPhoenyx
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 3:22pm

      Arizona. That state has far too many black widows for me. I was a life guard when I was a teen and got sunburns sometimes. I used fresh aloe from my mom’s garden to sooth the burns. I went out to get a piece one day, and even though that garden was being worked every day.. one had made itself a home in the middle of one of the aloe plants. I was NOT happy, ran for the bug spray, then realized that I couldn’t use it in the garden.. then ran for my mom. I also chased one down with hairspray one time, though. I’m a science geek and I had heard that if you kill a black widow that way, then freeze it, the hourglass would stick around, but if you left it out, the hourglass would fade. I wanted to see for myself. I got the one to freeze, but didn’t have the guts to go rummaging through the wood pile for another one after that fight. They do NOT like hairspray.

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    • shotzie
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 12:02am

      MYZPHOENYX – He’s an Aussie – guys there just do that kind of thing, they are made of pretty stern stuff! Plus you probably don’t want to visit Australia. It’s incredibly beautiful, but gosh they have have the most horrible bugs of all kinds there! Hiking outside of Melbourne once (an idiot in a rainforest in sandals) I got leeches all over my feet, about 20 of them. I still have nightmares.

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  • TXPilot
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 1:12pm

    Is there someplace that I can purchase one of these spiders? I have family members with birthdays coming up soon.

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  • c.foster4722
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:35pm

    Was that Oblamer,trying to eat the dont tred on me flag? Or just another stupid SY FY movie?

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  • Kaoscontrol
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:26pm

    She said, “I don’t like spiders and snakes. And that ain’t what it takes to love me. You fool!”
    –Jim Stafford

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    • Fubar Frog
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 3:58pm

      Dang! you beat me to it! Good ol’ Jim, I loved Cow Patty!

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  • SgtHenick
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:24pm

    I think im going to need therapy now O.O

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:21pm

    Spider vs Snake. Sounds like something a certain Philly QB, and his sick pals could arrange to fight each other and wager on.

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  • mjazzguitar
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:17pm

    That’s it?

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    • SgtHenick
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:24pm

      GeT yOuR hAnD aWaY fRoM tHaT tHiNg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Caballosinnombre
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:12pm

    Probably have bad dreams tonight.

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  • infortheride
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:12pm

    If I had a snake it would look just like…..

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:08pm

    That was a battle between two dipsticks , in my opinion. I don’t like spiders nor snakes. I am not terrified of them but I kill everyone of them I can get to. The only good snake and the only good spider or dead ones.

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  • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:08pm

    “…and, away from the dinner table, I was introduced to dog meat (tough), snake meat (tougher), and roasted grasshopper (crunchy)” said the spider…

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:54am

    I love seeing the snake getting gotten; but the fact is Blaze staff, when you have an article that begins with “I would have put my money on the snake…” it usually tells who won the fight w/o seeing the video.

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  • JACKTHETOAD
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:47am

    I’m an omnivore. Let’s have lunch sometime…

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  • Rogue
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:47am

    Now, which one is the white-hispanic? I’m so confused.

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  • P8riot
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:46am

    When I went to Australia to help train the Ausie Marines, I was always nervous sleeping on the ground since snakes and spiders were everywhere in the bush! But I have to say, I never saw a spider that big!

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  • The Gooch
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:42am

    Ah, Australia. The land where almost every critter, great and small, can mess you up. It’ll take the Sci Fi Channel about a week to throw a movie up around this scenario. Man, they have the art of making horrible movies which you can’t take your eyes off of down to an art. Throw in a has been celebrity from the late ‘80s or early ’90s and you’ve got cinema magic.
    Go, spider!

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    • Rowgue
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:14pm

      Lol yeah no kidding. Australia has a lot of nasty creatures.

      I love the bad science fiction flicks they do on the sci fi channel heh. It functions more like the comedy channel for me. I enjoy laughing hysterically when the moments in the movies pop up where the situation is just so ludicrous it’s insane, or when the acting is so bad you actually feel embarrassed FOR them.

      It‘s like time has stood still and it’s still the 1950′s.

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    • UNIX_Techie
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 1:10pm

      If you like bad SCI-FI movies then check out “The Eden Project”. DNA scientist create a T-Rex which gets loose. It’s pretty funny once you start spotting the bloopers. And the rubber toy dinosaur was a nice touch.

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    • Richard_Cranium
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 1:45pm

      @ Gooch…and dont forget they have to include at least one chick with huge cans to keep you watching…

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    • PaxInVeritate
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:42am

      *Smirks* Looove watching the fun fat and B movies on the SciFi.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:41am

    In Australia… everything is Dangerous or Deadly… especially the Women!

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    • Twobyfour
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 7:11pm

      Ozzie wenches are ***** cats. You just need to figure out how to handle them. Granted, they often seem to be not quite right in the head, but as long as you don’t require a reciprocal highly intellectual debate participation, they purr just fine.

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  • nuttyvet
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:37am

    Well, no sleep for me for a couple days…

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:44am

      Hehehehe! I can’t even watch the video!!

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on April 20, 2012 at 12:01pm

      Not only can’t-won’t watch it. My two biggest ughs. Wish they would all fight it out and die.

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  • AvengerK
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:36am

    Another misleading story by the Blaze…this is footage of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton from the 2008 campaign. Nice try Blaze.

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  • cessna152
    Posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:33am

    I hate spiders but I fear snakes (in DC) much more.

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