# Have your animals ever stolen food?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-animals-ever-stolen-food/474589>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 26, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-animals-ever-stolen-food/474589 "2008-11-26T18:53:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jkusters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jkusters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkusters)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-animals-ever-stolen-food/474589/101 "2008-12-03T01:17:03Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> You are fortunate that she did not acquire a taste for blood.

Well, now that you mention it… 😃

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**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-animals-ever-stolen-food/474589/102 "2008-12-03T02:17:41Z")

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> [@ryan](#):
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> side Grover story-I once watched him walk across my kitchen on his hind legs, while carrying a ball in his front paws. He reached the far side, turned, saw me, and I imagined an interior monologue like “Oops, they’re not supposed to see us displaying our true abilities! Quickly, assume deceptive status before we’re discovered!”  
> He dropped to all fours, batted the ball for a couple of seconds, then walked out of the room. But he _paused and looked back as if checking for suspicions of discovery._

I love this story. Love. It.

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**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-animals-ever-stolen-food/474589/103 "2008-12-03T18:36:38Z")

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Our lab mix, Maya, is also quite the thief. Her first swiped item was something I never even considered tasty to a dog - a whole mango. We quickly learned to put things on the back burners, or in the microwave. Her favorite time of the week is Saturdays, which is when my husband makes breakfast - and bacon. I’d say about 1/4 of the time, he forgets to put it in the fridge, and Maya has a delicious treat!

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