Villagers battle to save a dog from a giant anaconda

The moment a dog is saved by Brazilian villagers from being killed by an anaconda has been captured on video.

At the beginning of the footage, the dog with the deadly snake wrapped around it can be seen by the riverbank.

According to Andrew Barao, who posted the video, the dog went missing from a farm and after a search it was spotted about to become an ‘afternoon snack’ for an anaconda.

The anaconda with the dog wrapped around it is spotted in the river by a search party (left) and is then grabbed by its tail out of the water 

The giant snake then begins to be pulled out of the water, with dog now clearly visible 

He said the villagers then ‘rapidly’ moved into action to save the dog, which would almost certainly have been killed.

In the video, a man from the village grabs the snake by the tail and is helped by another man as they both pull the snake, with the dog firmly in its grasp, out of the water.

As the snake is  dragged out of the water, the dog can clearly been seen with the serpent’s tail around its head.

Three men now drag the snake along the grass, shaking it in a bid to free the dog 

Eventually one of the men grabs a stick and begins hitting the anaconda to try and free the dog

The baby anaconda finally frees the dog, which runs around barking for a while 

The pair are then dragged up the river bank along the grass, with the two men joined by another and all three begin shaking the snake in a bid to free the dog.

One of the men then tries to pull the dog free from the snake before he eventually grabs a stick and begins hitting it.

After a few hard whacks, the dog manages to scamper free and begins running around, barking at the snake.