This is the moment one of Australia 's deadliest creatures found itself at the mercy of yet another of the nation 's venomous killers . 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 at the weekend . 'It 's just mindboggling , ' said Neale Postlethwaite , a farmer of 20 years from Gooroc , north of Melbourne . ' I ca n't believe it was actually able to stop it and then hurl it up backwards into its nest . ' A Victorian farmer found this astonishing scene at the weekend , where a large red-back spider had managed to lift this baby eastern brown snake off the ground with its web and draw it up into its nest . Suspended above the ground , this eastern brown snake was caught in the spider web of a large red-back spider and lifted upwards . The snake was found dead overnight . Mr Postlethwaite found the baby snake suspended off the ground on Saturday evening , the large spider sitting on top . To his surprise , the snake was still alive at the time , with the farmer daring to place his finger nearby . ' I thought the snake was dead and went to put my finger there and the snake was still alive at the time , ' Mr Postlethwaite said . The eastern brown snake is known for its potent venom , which can cause sudden death , neurotoxity , coagulation disturbances and nephrotoxicity , according to researchers . Mr Postlethwaite filmed video of the snake lolling around in its final hours . Eastern brown snakes - such as the one pictures - contain enough venom to kill 20 adults with a single bite . Australia is home to 20 out of the world 's 25 most venomous snakes , including the eastern brown , which is found along the populous east coast . Redback spiders are found throughout the country and there more than 250 red-back bites each year which require the use of anti-venom , according to the Australian Museum . But this baby snake was presumably a victim of the spider 's poison . The snake died overnight , with Mr Postlethwaite finding its corpse being devoured by ants in the dust the next day . Mr Postlethwaite told Daily Mail Australia his family often found redbacks on their property . This particular creature had been living under his wife 's car . She is a little reticent about getting back behind the wheel , the farmer said . 'My wife does n't want to drive her car until she can get an underbody car wash , ' he joked .
Enormous red back spider lifts a baby eastern brown snake off the ground . The spider then 'hurls it ' up into its nest under farmer 's wife 's car . 'It was just mindboggling , ' said Gooroc farmer Neale Postlethwaite . ' I ca n't believe it was actually able to hurl it backwards into its nest '