Virginia rail
The Virginia rail probe with its bill in mud or shallow water, also picking up food by sight. It mainly eat insects and other aquatic invertebrates, like beetles, flies, dragonflies, crayfish, snails and earthworms. It can also eat aquatic animals like frogs, fish and some small snakes, as well as seeds. Animal preys constitute the biggest part of this bird's diet, but vegetation contributes to its diet in the fall and winter.
Rakali
Predators of the water rat range from large fish and snakes when they are young and in the water, to birds of prey, foxes and cats. The water rat has the unusual ability to be able to kill cane toads without being poisoned.