Dog walker films python eating a wallaby at Wongaling Beach in far north Queensland

A wildlife enthusiast walking his dog came across a python eating a small wallaby.

Duke Orme captured the confronting footage near his home in Wongaling Beach in the far north of Queensland, showing the large bush python slowly squeezing the life out of the marsupial.

The footage showed the snake with its body wrapped around the animal slowly swallowing it while the wallaby lay listless in its grasp.

In the vision, a man was heard saying the snake would “get him down” in about an hour – but he added that he wouldn’t move too much after the huge meal.

“He’ll rest for about a week,” he said.

Mr Orme said it was a ‘privilege’ to see the snake slayer in action despite its gruesome nature (photo, a stock image of a bush python)

Amazed spectators were heard laughing in amazement at the huge loot.

said Mr. Orme Yahoo News Australia it was a ‘privilege’ to see the snake kill in action despite its gruesome nature.

‘I take nature for what it is. Every bit of nature has its process and a snake has to eat,” Mr Orme said.

The footage (pictured) showed the snake with its body wrapped around the animal slowly swallowing it while the wallaby lay listless

‘You get mixed reactions, but people are fascinated by it. It’s nature.’

He said the reptiles aren’t the heaviest of snakes, but they are long and capable of taking down large prey.

Mr Orme added that the snakes eat the head first, as the legs can act as a fishing hook.

The python can weigh up to 25 kg and can grow up to eight meters in length.

The snakes ambush their prey and constrict them while swallowing them whole and are non-venomous.