Competing members of the food chain have banded together to survive extreme flooding in Queensland.
Rats and frogs were filmed sitting on top of an eastern brown snake floating in a water-filled rain tank in southeast Queensland in a video posted to TikTok by user Carleen2332 on Sunday.
Eastern brown snakes normally prey on rats and frogs but the reptile seemed completely unphased by the mammals and amphibians sitting on its back.
Animal rescuers used a metal pole to save the animals from the tank and release them into the wild.
"Yes they got them all out alive! And the snake too!" the poster wrote in the comments.
Towns are being evacuated and schools are being closed in southeast Queensland ahead of dangerous thunderstorms that could bring new "life-threatening floods".
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has urged parents to collect their children from schools from north of Brisbane to Bundaberg, as soon as it is safe to do so, on Thursday.
"These are unprecedented times," the premier told reporters.
"It is extremely unstable weather conditions and, as a precaution, we would like our people to collect the children when they think it is safe to go out on the road and do so."
The Bureau of Meteorology warns the line of storms will be "dangerous and potentially life-threatening" with catchments already saturated.
The town of Grantham is being evacuated as a precaution ahead of possible flash floods after the nearby Lockyer Valley recorded 80mm of rain in 24 hours.
Shivé Prema
I am a video journalist and host of the Newcastle Herald TikTok account! I spend most of my days filming and editing videos but also like to write articles as well. I'm new to Newcastle, so I like to spend my spare time exploring this city and its many beaches.
I am a video journalist and host of the Newcastle Herald TikTok account! I spend most of my days filming and editing videos but also like to write articles as well. I'm new to Newcastle, so I like to spend my spare time exploring this city and its many beaches.
