Genius
I love it when pets do the thing where they've clearly figured out that certain steps result in an outcome, but they can't quite DO it themselves.
The cat understands that their food is in this container, and that their human gets it, and brings it to the dishes, and then there's food.
But having no thumbs has prevented them from their triumph.
I on the other hand love that he insists on using the bowl even though he could probably just rip/chew a hole in the bag.
Which indicates that he's probably not quite sure WHICH of the steps are crucial so he's earnestly repeating them all.
(kids do this too - it's called overimitation and there are experiments on it.)
An attempt was made.