Max can't feed himself

Our little guy still hasn't quite gotten the hang of feeding himself. Which is very suspect because he seems to be able to put any non-food item into his mouth with the precision and skill of a surgeon. On the plane, on the way home from NJ, he could pull an earbud out of my ear and be sucking it in a matter of seconds. Yet for some reason he can't seem grab a Cheerio right in front of him and bring it to his mouth. I have a feeling he really can and just likes to have us feed him, like some kind of Roman emperor.