Sneaky Cat Breaks Into Kitchen to Steal Snacks Before Hopping in a Getaway Car

Sometimes I think if my cats had opposable thumbs, or at least knew how to work the can opener, they wouldn’t need me at all. I occasionally catch them watching me as I open the cans of their food, and I don’t think they’re just anticipating mealtimes. Rather, I sense the wily observance of a natural predator. One day, like those raptors in Jurassic Park, they’re going to figure it out, and then I’m done for.

Of course, there are other cats much farther along in their journey toward independence, like this clever kitty, who seems to need little more than an Instacart account of his own to make it. After all, for him, not even a kitchen cabinet can stand in his way.

In this video, we see a tabby cat not only leaping upon a kitchen counter and sneaking inside a closed cabinet to steal a bag of snacks, but also engaging the help of a small toy getaway car to take his escape.

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“I tried telling him a more inconspicuous getaway car would probably increase his chances of actually getting away, but he insisted on the Lambo,” writes his mom.

If this sounds like the plot of the next big family-friendly action comedy, you may just be right. Call it something like Cat Burglar, or Kitchen Cat-astrophes.

We’ll workshop that.

“This is the kind of content I pay my internet bill for,” says one viewer of this amusing video.

The Cat Who Does Tricks

The cat’s name is Loki, and true to his moniker, he likes doing tricks. They are chronicled on his social media page, Loki Does Tricks, and they give the lie to the idea that it’s only canines who like to perform.

Loki’s snack of choice in his video was Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos, but we’re not sure if he was rewarded with hose chips or something more cat friendly.

Still, it’s not unheard of for a cat to like human junk food. Mine will throw down for some cherry frosted Pop-Tarts.

How To Train Your Cat To Do Tricks

Cats have a bad reputation these days. As a first-time cat parent, I was told not to expect the kind of obedience I was familiar with from having dogs. Cats, people informed me, could not be trained, wouldn’t know their own names, and would never come when called. All of these things were straight out lies. I learned cats were every bit as sociable and responsive as other kinds of animals. You just had to learn to speak their language.

Of course cats don’t obey you like dogs do. They aren’t dogs. However, treat them right, and cats will happily obey you like cats do. Cats love positive reinforcement, are sticklers for schedule-keeping, and treat habits as sacrosanct. They keep time better than a watch, so when training them it may be wise to stick to a daily schedule It will quickly become “the time we do tricks,” just like nine PM is “the time we cuddle on the couch” and seven AM is “the time I lie in wait for my mom outside her bathroom door and pounce on her feet.

Or maybe that’s just my cat.

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