When a dog’s hungry, a dog’s gonna eat. That’s what dogs do, and that’s what a brave four-legged soul did on national television.
The trickery took place during a Chilean news broadcast recently that involved interviewing some ladies who were cooking empanadas on a hot grill. As you can see below, the dog, seeing an opportunity, quietly sidles up to the reporter and, like the snack ninja he is, softly takes an empanada into his mouth. Nobody seemed to notice, except Twitter.
The dog is the real hero here pic.twitter.com/ExVTAEa0L1
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) September 11, 2017
Other Twitter users started chiming in with their own food loving animal heroes:
This Seal is a hero. pic.twitter.com/80WFGdxqkV
— Calico Lobster (@keepontheporch) September 12, 2017
Big deal! I do it all the time…https://t.co/cPNnmEoDLi
— John St Gull (@GullOfBrighton) September 12, 2017
All the time!!https://t.co/MwFYZVqFnW
— John St Gull (@GullOfBrighton) September 12, 2017
Someone even came up with a logo for the newly monikered  “Empanada Dog”:
Empanada Dog is a national treasure pic.twitter.com/kAay0DBXc5
— OnTheRocks (@coca_con_hielo) September 12, 2017
As Refinery29 points out, back in January, there was the Canadian squirrel that pilfered chocolate bars from a connivence store, and the cat that stole a cinnamon roll during the holidays. If only adults could get away with half the stuff animals do.