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Posted on break.com and believed to have taken place at James Cook University, students can be heard squealing with fear as the python clamps its huge jaws around the creature and begins to swallow.

But the snake realises it's biting more than it can chew and is forced to back away and regurgitate the upper half of the animal's body.

The camera operator then jolts and swears as the python pulls away briefly from what appears to be wallaby to inspect the crowd that has gathered.

"It happened at the uni up here and unfortunately it was in a very public place," said the blogger who posted the video.

"After he slunk off, we put the wallaby in the bush in a quieter place for later."

Another blogger said: "The snake was filmed in Cairns, North Queensland last month on a road near the uni."

Jim O'Brien, a spokesman for James Cook University said while snakes tend to be nocturnal, he has encountered a python on the campus during the day.

"There are pythons, kangaroos and wallabies that live on the campus here. But it's the security guys who tend to see more snakes during the evening," he said.

Cairns is proving to be a battleground for some of the world's deadliest animals, with locals witnessed other fascinating battle.

First a giant spider was photographed eating a bird, then a python was snapped devouring a sulphur-crested cockatoo.

Artist and Clifton Beach resident Cindy Lane was painting in her studio when she heard a "couple of loud squawks" coming from the bougainvillea tree in her backyard.

She found the python coiling itself tightly around the bird high in the tree's branches.