--- title: Cat Gets Very Dramatic When Can of Tuna Is Opened description: This tuna-obsessed cat takes things to a new level when her owner dares to dine on a can of solid white albacore or chunk light without her. canonical: https://time.com/5768746/cat-reacts-to-can-of-tuna/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-01-21T15:59:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:13.819Z og:title: Cat Gets Very Dramatic When Can of Tuna Is Opened But Tuna Is Denied og:description: "Father you have provided SeA MEaT" og:url: https://time.com/5768746/cat-reacts-to-can-of-tuna/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltabd1e886b63c1728/698a0912929fad41eebf590d/Cat-Can-of-Tuna.jpg?branch=production&width=498&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 498 og:image:height: 280 og:image:alt: Cat-Can-of-Tuna og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cat Gets Very Dramatic When Can of Tuna Is Opened But Tuna Is Denied twitter:description: "Father you have provided SeA MEaT" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltabd1e886b63c1728/698a0912929fad41eebf590d/Cat-Can-of-Tuna.jpg?branch=production&width=498&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cat Gets Very Dramatic When Can of Tuna Is Opened But Tuna Is Denied > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 21, 2020 3:59 PM UTC  A cat eats a can of sardines off the table A cat eats a can of sardines off the table Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 21, 2020 3:59 PM UTC Nobody likes getting a whiff of their [favorite food](https://time.com/3957687/brief-history-food/) without knowing that they’re also at least going to get a taste of it. But this [tuna-obsessed](https://time.com/3735402/canned-tuna-mercury/) [cat](https://time.com/5763740/cat-fights-off-coyotes/) takes things to the next level when her owner dares to dine on a can of solid white albacore or chunk light without her. In a [Twitter thread](https://twitter.com/Nowacking/status/1219109755580559362) that has gone massively viral since it was posted on Monday, Jesse Nowack took his [fellow Twitter](https://twitter.com/Nowacking/status/1219110289930629120) users through the process of opening a can of tuna when his cat is in the kitchen with him. Highlights included Nowack imagining his cat saying things like “SECOND dinner??” and “Father you have provided SeA MEaT” while he attempts to keep her away from his meal. Nowack went on to say that it doesn’t even matter if the can isn’t tuna until his cat has been able to confirm that with her own nose. “She does this with ANY can,” he wrote. “I opened beans the other day and she was SO pumped and then I let her smell it and the look of pure betrayal on her face cut me deep inside.” And the worst part? Nowack’s cat apparently doesn’t forgive or forget very easily. “Fur daughter has knocked over the hamper in defiance and will NOT be SILENCED,” he captioned a photo of her peering out from the laundry basket. But don’t worry, a [study published in March 2017](https://time.com/4714823/cats-very-social-study/) by scientists from Oregon State University determined that cats do in fact care about people more than food. 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