Absolute heroes brave rising floodwaters to save a giant spider

Giant spiders are the kind of creature many people are deathly afraid of, but bless the rest who are willing to lend them a hand.

Like this one found clinging to a branch outside a supermarket in the Queensland, Australia town of Halifax on Sunday, as floodwaters raged on below.

Video of the stranded arachnid was uploaded to Facebook by Andrea Gofton, where of course someone had to put their hand next to it to prove how big it is.

Later, another video shows a man taking the entire branch and placing it onto dry land, where it could scurry away.

"Go little man, run free," a woman in the video can be heard saying. It's been a rough weekend for the residents of North Queensland, with certain parts of the area battered by a metre (39 inches) of rainfall.

There have been reports of bull sharks, crocodiles and black snakes in the water, according to the Courier-Mail, keeping residents on the watch for dangerous animals lurking in the water.

Ah, Australia.