For three weeks Armando Del Manso believed his dog was responsible for the dead snakes showing up with teeth marks all over them on his East Barron propertys lawn each morning.

The 42-year-old boilermaker first made the discovery Tuesday night when he spotted the two wild rabbits attacking a king brown snake.

The snake was raised up in the air in the striking position and the two rabbits worked their way around him and killed him in two minutes, Mr Del Manso said.

Im gobsmacked, its absolutely incredible.

We were watching from the veranda with a spotlight, and I thought, who is going to believe this, theyll think Im crazy.

Wildlife expert Paul OCallaghan of the Cairns Wildlife Safari said it was the first time he had heard of rabbits attacking snakes.