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

A nature lover who was taking his dog for a walk has stumbled across a python consuming a small wallaby.

Duke Orme took the confronting footage near his home in Wongaling Beach in far north Queensland which showed the large scrub python slowly squeezing the life out of the marsupial. 

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

A man was heard in the vision saying the snake will ‘get it down’ in about an hour – but added it wouldn’t move too much after the massive meal. 

‘He will just rest up for about a week or so,’ he said. 

Mr Orme said it was a ‘privilege’ to see the snake-kill in action despite the horrifying nature of it (pictured, a stock image of a scrub python)

Amazed onlookers were heard laughing in amazement over the huge haul. 

Mr Orme told Yahoo News Australia it was a ‘privilege’ to see the snake-kill in action despite the horrifying nature of it.

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

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

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

He said the reptiles are not the heaviest snakes but they are long and capable of taking out big prey.

Mr Orme added the snakes eat the head first as the legs can act like a fish hook.

The python can weigh up to 25kg and can measure eight metres long. 

The snakes ambush their prey and constrict them as they swallow them whole and are non-venomous.