Image: Marvin Muller via ABC North West Queensland

Another witness, Alyce Rosentha, said the fight lasted around five hours.

Snake expert Associate Professor Bryan Fry, from the University of Queensland’s School of Biological Science, told the Brisbane Times that such a conflict is not unusual.

‘"Crocs are more dangerous to catch but easier to sneak up on," he said. "They [snakes] feed heavily on small rodents but that’s not to say they won’t take the crocs as well.

"The problem is they are risking being injured or killed, so they have to be judicious."

Take a look at video stills from the incident (if you can stomach it), below:

Python swallows croc in epic battle for survival