Lorne, Victoria: Footage captures moment a cheeky cockatoo steals a café diner’s caramel slice 

Cheeky cockatoo steals a man’s caramel slice and flies away – but not before a fierce tug of war between the diner and the pesky parrot

  • Footage captured moment cockatoo took off with a café diner’s caramel slice
  • Bird was eating scraps from a café table in Lorne on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road
  • The cockatoo suddenly snatched paper bag with the slice inside and flew off
  • Parrot flew into distance with bag in its mouth after a brief struggle with diner 

Hilarious footage has captured the moment a mischievous cockatoo pinched a café diner’s caramel slice in front of his eyes and flew off into the distance.

The cheeky sulphur-crested cockatoo appeared to lull the man into a false sense of security by eating crumbs off his table at a café in Lorne on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road.

The parrot then suddenly snatched the paper bag with the slice inside, with the diner trying and failing to retrieve the treat from the animal’s mouth.

After a brief struggle with the cockatoo to reclaim their food, the bird flew across the road with the bag hanging from its mouth.

‘I just bought a caramel slice – was looking forward to it too,’ the TikTok user wrote on the social media platform after losing their dessert. 

‘This cheeky bugger thought it would pull some tricks.’

The cafe diners found the funny side though to the bird’s mischievousness and laughed as it flew away out of sight.  

That's my caramel slice! A brief struggle with the cockatoo followed as the diner tried to reclaim their food

Feeling peck-ish: A mischievous cockatoo pinched a café diner’s caramel slice in front of his eyes and flown off into the distance

The humour of the situation was also not lost on those who watched the video online.

‘Tell me you live in Australia without telling me you live in Australia,’ one person wrote.

‘At least it wasn’t a bin chicken,’ another added. 

The cafe diners found the funny side though to the bird's mischievousness and laughed as it flew away out of sight

The cafe diners found the funny side though to the bird’s mischievousness and laughed as it flew away out of sight

Others though said they had a soft spot for cockatoos, even when they were stealing food.

‘I love the Lorne cockatoos,’ one said.

‘Well he’s cute so I’d let him eat it,’ another wrote.  

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