“A reader of The Cairns Post has snapped an incredible series of images in a Freshwater backyard… As a frequent visitor to the beaches and wild rainforests of Cape York, kite surfer Ant Hadleigh thought he had seen it all. But the Cairns man was in disbelief after witnessing a golden orb spider slowly attempt to eat a brown tree snake at a mate’s place in Freshwater yesterday afternoon… Mr Hadleigh estimated the tree snake to be around half a meter long and was alive for ‘an hour or more’ after being caught in the spider’s web, before finally succumbing to the crafty arachnid’s venom.” w/ photos
