"Just a bit of nature taking its course."

That is how Peter McMaster described seeing a snake, with its fangs buried in a possum's head, struggle for 30 minutes before pulling its prey into the tree canopy.

Credit:Michelle McMaster

The McMaster family was given a front-row seat, after Mr McMaster heard "a ruckus" in the trees above while he was mowing his backyard.

His wife and three children watched mother nature at its rawest at their home in Tingalpa on Brisbane's southside on Sunday afternoon.