Some dogs can make food look like the world’s best prize, but there’s nothing cuter than seeing a puppy learn to love their favorite treat. Meet Frida, a wide-eyed little Weimaraner who’s just figured out how delicious bananas can be. She turns a simple treat into a whole show in a video that has quickly become a favorite online.
The canine does this with eager paws, big eyes, and nibbling that could rival someone carefully working through an ice cream cone. It’s the sort of video you’ll want to replay, because the way Frida works on a simple fruit turns it into a tiny comedy routine.
Instagram video shows puppy’s unique way of eating a banana
It didn’t take long for Frida’s fruity adventure to win over the internet, with the video pulling in more than 127k likes and hundreds of comments. The caption, when translated from German, sums it up perfectly: “Our lil monkey loves her banana.”
The video begins with Frida sitting patiently next to her older siblings, already sensing a tasty treat is on the way. The moment her human offers her half a banana, her eyes go wide with anticipation. She paws at it before hopping up on her hind legs. Then she uses her front paws to steady her human’s hand, as if to say, “Don’t even think about dropping this.”
Rather than inhaling it in one bite, Frida takes her time — tiny nibbles, steady chomps — almost the way you’d savor a frozen treat on a hot day. At one point, it looks like she might take a huge bite, but she goes back to her steady, bite-by-bite rhythm. Finally, with just a stub left, she takes the piece into her mouth and does her best to chew through it, her little jaws working overtime.
When the banana’s gone, she does a quick sweep of the floor for leftovers, then hops onto her human’s lap with a face that says, ‘More, please?’ Frida’s determination to eat the banana in her own way won many hearts. One viewer commented in German on her “eager little eyes and paws.” Some others simply praised Frida’s (and the banana’s) sweetness.
