WATCH: Snake snatches possum while suspended from tree

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Last updated: 02/02/2018, 07:40:00 (AEST)

Watch the incredible footage of a python eating a possum below. IMAGE: Facebook.

A CURRUMBIN resident has filmed a python swallowing a huge possum in his backyard in an incredible video.

Greg Hosking looked above to find the huge reptile snatching a possum while suspended from a tree. The snake is a regular in the man's backyard.

"We haven't seen him for weeks. Then on Monday I was in the yard doing stuff and there was a ruckus from the birds," Hosking told the ABC.

"I looked up and saw it right up in the top of a tree, you could see the red fur of the possum in the python's mouth.

"We could almost touch him, we were keeping our distance a little bit. He was maybe just 5 metres off he ground."

The snake goes on to devour its prey while casually hanging upside down.

Check out the incredible video below.