Mr. Do Huu Chuc, 73 years old, has been catching field rats for nearly 60 years. Each night, he catches dozens of kilograms of rats, but he also faces many dangers in the dark of night.
As soon as the spring harvest season ends, many villagers in Do Xuyen hamlet, Hoang Hoa Tham commune, An Thi district, Hung Yen province begin hunting field rats, earning millions of dong each day.
These days, the Giống village market is bustling with buyers and sellers of field rat meat – a specialty dish of Cổ Dũng commune (Kim Thành district, Hải Dương province).
Despite having to climb trees, crawl on the ground, or hide in bushes, the villagers of Tú Đôi (Hai Phong) are determined to hunt fat field rats in time for the market.
At this time of year, when the fields are flooded, people in the border district of Hong Ngu (Dong Thap province) earn extra income from hunting and selling field rats, making the field rat market in Dong Thap province particularly vibrant during the flood season.
Scientists from St. Petersburg State University in Russia have discovered new mammals belonging to the multituberculata group – ancient animals with many cusps on their teeth, similar to modern rodents.
Recently, social media and newspapers have been reporting extensively on the story of a woman in Ho Chi Minh City using rats to make broth for a bowl of noodle soup.
(VTC News) – During harvest season, Mr. Tien and four friends went rat hunting to eat. Unfortunately, he was bitten by a rat and suffered from a high fever for more than a day.
(VTC News) - After wrapping the meat in fragrant leaves, people cover it with earth, then pile straw on top and set it ablaze. When the earthen wrapping cracks open, the rat meat is cooked.
(VTC News) - Every day, he feeds the rats clean rice. The rats get fat and plump after eating rice for about 10 days to half a month. Customers can buy whichever one they like to slaughter.
(VTC News) - When the mice, having nowhere left to hide, rushed out, people of all ages, flying, some flipping, some tumbling on top of each other, burst into laughter... in all sorts of positions to catch a mouse.