ninevirtues | Adventures of KittyKitty: Cat Burglar

"Hmm," I say to myself. "KittyKitty has suddenly acquired a belly. When did that happen?"

Next discovery:

"I just bought cat food; it seems like we've run out of it awfully quickly."

And then:

See the cat, hungry again, try to jimmy the cat-food-cabinet door by sticking her paw in the crack... in a determined way that suggests it's not her first time doing that. Failing to get traction with the jimmy paw trick, she squarely faces the cabinet door, goes up on two feet, hooks a front paw around the knob, and walks backward on two legs with paw firmly grasping the knob... thus opening the door. Again, in a way that suggested very frequent practice.

Door opened, she vanished headfirst into the cabinet, from whence emanated the crackling sounds of a catfood bag being raided.

(Really, this whole performance seriously needs video to fully appreciate. You will have to take my word for it, because I've already moved the food behind a sturdier door, but seriously? Take it from me-- good problem solving skills are not an asset in a cat.)