Huge huntsman spider caught on video battling mouse

Video footage has emerged of a huntsman clutching onto what appears to be a small mouse before making a hasty getaway, drawing more than three million views on Facebook.

 The spider with mouse, via Jason Womal (Facebook)

The spider with mouse, via Jason Womal (Facebook) Source: Facebook

Mackay man Jason Womal posted the video to Facebook on Sunday, which shows the large spider clutching onto the body of a seemilngly lifeless mouse, while attempting a getaway across the side of a fridge.

Mr Womal said the footage, which has received more than 13,000 reactions and been shared 66,000 times, was captured in a neighbour's house as he was leaving for work in the early house of Sunday morning.

"So I am just about to leave for work about 0030 and me neighbour says 'You want to see something cool' and I say 'Hell yeah'. So we proceed to his place and he shows me this. Huntsman trying to eat a mouse," Mr Womal said in the post.

The video has received thousands of comments, with one person saying: "Well time to burn down the house again."

Another person simply commented "horrific".





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