--- description: Squirrel appears to steal a tomato out of a plastic bag and run off in New York City title: Watch a Health-Conscious Squirrel Run Off With a Tomato in a Park image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Health-Conscious Squirrel Run Off With a Tomato in a Park  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 28, 2015 8:12 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 28, 2015 8:12 PM CUT In the past week, Twitter users seem to have had an appetite for videos of animals stealing food, between the [rat that dragged a pizza slice](http://time.com/4043383/rat-pizza-slice-subway/ "undefined") down stairs in a New York City subway station and the [squirrel that fished a Shake Shack milkshake](http://time.com/4046272/milkshake-squirrel/ "undefined") out of a garbage can. Now YouTube user “BigKrisP” is trying to ride on these clips’ coattails by uploading a video of a so-called “New York City squirrel” stealing a tomato out of a black plastic bag and then running off. Will #TomatoThiefSquirrel happen? (h/t [_DNAInfo_](http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150928/midtown/video-watch-squirrel-steal-tomato-from-womans-bag "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4052897/squirrel-tomato/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4052897/squirrel-tomato/"},"headline":"Watch a Health-Conscious Squirrel Run Off With a Tomato in a Park","datePublished":"2015-09-28T20:12:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:18.686Z","description":"Will #TomatoThiefSquirrel happen?","url":"https://time.com/4052897/squirrel-tomato/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4052897/squirrel-tomato/","name":"Watch a Health-Conscious Squirrel Run Off With a Tomato in a Park"}}]}] ```