The prankster filmed the moment he woke his girlfriend up in bed - by throwing two snakes on top of her.

YouTube user Derek Deso orchestrated the stunt with friends who caught the nasty surprise on camera.

Deso is seen holding a cardboard box and tipping two pythons out on to his snoozing girlfriend.

They begin slither over her legs but she takes a little while to wake up.

“Baby, don’t move. There’s two ginormous snakes on your butt!” Derek says.

She begins screaming and ordering them to remove the snakes, unable to move as they slither over her body.

"Get them off me!" she screams, louder and louder in distress as everyone laughs at her.

The woman is clearly terrified, as she continues to scream after the creatures have been peeled from her body.

She appears out of breath as Deso tries to come over and talk to her - but she firmly rejects him.

The video has been viewed more than 675,000 times on Youtube but has divided users, with some saying it was cruel.