Well you know this is only natural to them. I suggest the farmer use this next time as a deterrent!
Suspected NC watermelon thief's getaway foiled by mud
This is important enough for Fox News?
Anyway, this reminded me of an article I read awhile ago about the watermelon wars that were going on when a handful of farmers were producing improved cultivars not yet available to the public, and people were stealing them like mad for the seeds. Some farmers stood guard over their fields with a shotgun and others, who wanted their sleep, injected a random number with poison and posted signs warning people. The biggest problem with the poison route was that sometimes the farmer would forget which ones he had poisoned and serve it to the family.
Bradford watermelons were so juicy and delicious, people literally used to die for them