With headlamps to peer through the darkness, children in rural Chidza village in central Zimbabwe scamper through the night to trap mice, which they roast and sell to motorists on the road to neighboring South Africa. Considered a delicacy, the field mice are hunted in cornfields where they have grown plump on the grains, grass and wild fruits. The children use old-fashioned traps – wooden rectangles with spring loaded bars – and bait them with seeds of grain. They strategically place the traps on little paths used by the mice as they look for food. Sometimes within minutes of laying the trap a mouse is caught. The snapping sound of a trap alerts the kids who rush to retrieve their catch. On a good night the children say they can catch between 50 and 100 mice. The night hunting comes at a risk as snakes are also on the prowl for the rodents. By the end of their trapping adventures the children will have the mice heaped in dishes. The mice are then roasted over an open fire, salted and left to dry before finding their way on the market. Standing by the roadside, the children attract travelers by holding up skewers of the mice. They sell 10 mice for a dollar and say they are doing a brisk business. Here: In this photo taken Friday, September 22, 2017, a mouse trap is set by Tapiwa Zingwena at night in a cornfield in Chidza, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





In this photo taken Friday, September 22, 2017, mice are show in palms of hands after being trapped in a cornfield in Chidza, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. Considered a delicacy, the field mice are hunted in cornfields where they have grown plump on the grains, grass and wild fruits. The trapped mice are then roasted and sold as a delicacy to motorists on the road to neighbouring South Africa. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





In this photo taken Saturday, September 23, 2017, a mouse is cooked on a fire after being caught in a cornfield in Chidza, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. Considered a delicacy, the field mice are hunted in cornfields where they have grown plump on the grains, grass and wild fruits. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





In this photo taken Saturday, September 23, 2017, a plateful of mice are ready to be cooked after being caught in a cornfield in Chidza, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. The trapped mice are roasted and then sold as a delicacy to motorists on the road to neighbouring South Africa. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





In this photo taken Saturday, September 23, 2017, mice are skewered and cooked on a fire after being caught in a cornfield in Chidza, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





In this photo taken Saturday, September 23, 2017, Patson Moga is photographed with his overnight catch of mice in traps after being caught in a cornfield in Chidza, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





In this photo taken Saturday, September 23, 2017, skewered mice are sold to passing motorists after being caught in a cornfield in Chidza, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. The trapped mice are sold as a delicacy to passing trade at one dollar for ten. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





In this photo taken Saturday, September 23, 2017, a mice are shown in traps after being caught in a cornfield in Chidza, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





In this photo taken Saturday, September 23, 2017, mice are cooked on a fire after being caught in a cornfield in Chidza, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





In this photo taken Saturday, September 23, 2017, mice are handed over to be cooked cooked after being caught in a cornfield in Chidza, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)





In this photo taken Saturday, September 23, 2017, skewered mice are sold to passing motorists after being caught in a cornfield in Chidza, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)