An enormous python tries to swallow a bat whole as the creatures fight to the death in this stomach-churning footage.

The gruesome video captured in Brisbane, Australia, shows the animals locked in combat while hanging from a tree.

The bat is trapped in the carpet python’s grasp for half an hour as the pair battle it out, reports the Mirror.

Luckily for the bat, the non-venomous python gives up and drops the winged-creature to the ground.

The grisly video was taken by snake catcher Tony Morrison, who posted on his Facebook page, ‘This snake could not get past the wings of the bat and decided to give up.’

He told the Mail Online, ‘It couldn’t get past the wings, so after half an hour he just dropped the bat on the ground.

Morrison added that it was common to find carpet python in the area and they are not a threat to humans.

He said, ‘We eventually moved the snake down the road into bushland, because it was in an area where kids would cross to get to school.’

Carpet pythons are often found in trees and shrubs but also move around in open areas, like the forest floor or on rock faces.

The average size of an adult is roughly 6.6ft but the creatures can grow to 13ft in length.