Stoffel, the honey badger that can escape from anywhere! - BBC

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    Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Honey badgers escape from their enclosure using anything from mud balls to rakes.
    Record books describe the honey badger as the most fearless animal on the planet. Although barely a foot tall, they have a reputation for attacking just about anything - from venomous snakes to full-grown lions.
    In South Africa, an eager scientist, a tenacious beekeeper and a patient conservationist all have a soft spot for these so called 'bad boys' of the animal kingdom, and each of them wants to discover if the honey badger's bite really is as big as its hype.
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  • @emmaato967
    @emmaato967 Před 4 lety +48965

    Update on Stoffel: He finally locked the man inside and now he is in charge of the park.

  • @skipjackjohnson5528
    @skipjackjohnson5528 Před 4 lety +36242

    Stoffel now has an engineering degree and works for NASA.

    • @motley331
      @motley331 Před 4 lety +734

      .... helping them fake future moon landings .... much more realistic this time with his help ....

    • @Whitelightnour
      @Whitelightnour Před 4 lety +43

      Who is Stoffel an employee of NASA?? This video goes about Stoffle not Stoffel!!

    • @yonblek4542
      @yonblek4542 Před 4 lety +217

      Actually he left NASA in august to join Britain's MI6 Bond Stoffle Bond..

    • @vladdracul5072
      @vladdracul5072 Před 4 lety +74

      @@yonblek4542 Don't you think he's too smart to play human kiddie games like spying on each other?

    • @timelapse7454
      @timelapse7454 Před 4 lety +12

      😂

  • @chonkywonder
    @chonkywonder Před 3 měsíci +1472

    He is obviously immensely proud of this smart badger

    • @MsLadywasp
      @MsLadywasp Před 2 měsíci +46

      He is, isn't he? He's practically beaming with pride 😊

    • @AshleyPomeroy
      @AshleyPomeroy Před měsícem +42

      It's like Batman versus the Joker. They need each other.

    • @yeorges
      @yeorges Před měsícem +6

      I love it

  • @Dian...
    @Dian... Před 3 měsíci +789

    whenever life gets hard, I come here to feel happy and motivated by Stoffel. He's the epitome of 'never give up' for me. Stoffel, my hero!

    • @nickthurlow4456
      @nickthurlow4456 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Me too it's a fun place to be , love watching they're antics ,🤭

    • @elena.3372
      @elena.3372 Před 3 měsíci +1

      i just got to know him and i‘m enjoying every bit

    • @steveroonie37
      @steveroonie37 Před 2 měsíci

      You feel happy watching these poor animals trying to escape and live a natural(free) life but never being able to and having to live out the rest of their lives in an enclosure with everything removed except dirt. Keep laughing moron

    • @InTranceITrust
      @InTranceITrust Před 22 dny

      🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 YES !!

  • @niall798
    @niall798 Před 4 lety +11871

    I like how they put a female in there to calm him down but they ended up working together

    • @ricks8139
      @ricks8139 Před 4 lety +344

      🤣🤣this is one fucked up couple

    • @robertbordevik5072
      @robertbordevik5072 Před 4 lety +722

      Bonnie and Clyde

    • @Naganita
      @Naganita Před 4 lety +88

      I bet she bailed after the first escape, got run over by a park worker, then died. All because she didn't care and only wanted to die. Why does no one ask what happened to the girl honey badger?

    • @bastardteacher5344
      @bastardteacher5344 Před 4 lety +106

      "Hey baby, let's get out of here."
      "Ride or Die!"

    • @3piper
      @3piper Před 4 lety +395

      @@Naganita They had a cub.they are seperated now and she is a happy mom. Stouffel continues to escape

  • @Tekdruid
    @Tekdruid Před 7 měsíci +2392

    The best part? He wasn't even doing all that to escape, just to wreak some havoc around the zoo.

    • @theultimatepielord8697
      @theultimatepielord8697 Před 3 měsíci +208

      His objective is chaos

    • @tanith117
      @tanith117 Před 3 měsíci

      It is a Lovely Day at the Park, And you are a Terrible Terrible Honey Badger.

    • @lornbaker1083
      @lornbaker1083 Před 3 měsíci +107

      It's to ensure that everybody knows that the entire zoo is his territory. Both all the other creatures and also the zookeepers. He wants them to know that he's not locked up in there with everyone else. They're locked up in there with him. But he can leave at any time he wants. And they can literally do nothing to stop it. But that's the reason Why he stays is because he likes it there. He gets food, he gets good treatment. He gets a place all to himself. And no matter how hard they try to stop them from leaving the basically has free rain

    • @ThumbDr
      @ThumbDr Před 3 měsíci +13

      @@lornbaker1083he gets free rain? It’s illegal to collect rainwater here in America for some stupid reason. 😅

    • @EikottXD
      @EikottXD Před 3 měsíci +7

      ​@@ThumbDrI think that's just in California.

  • @melvinathemagnificent9007
    @melvinathemagnificent9007 Před 7 měsíci +466

    I would 100% watch an animated tv show of Stoffel's adventures and rivalry with the caretaker 😂

    • @flipchute
      @flipchute Před měsícem +5

      Holy smokes, yes!

    • @trey1477
      @trey1477 Před měsícem +5

      Gives me dennis the menace vibes 😂

    • @InfamousMax
      @InfamousMax Před měsícem +2

      STOFFEL!

    • @Twotone-ld1fb
      @Twotone-ld1fb Před 18 dny +2

      Thats kind of been done over and over in different ways. SO not a new concept.

  • @gigan2444
    @gigan2444 Před 5 měsíci +199

    "brian knew he had to get his badger under control." Is a hilarious sentence and I can't explain why

  • @bballah4lyfe
    @bballah4lyfe Před 4 lety +8360

    Legend has it that the badger's mother never gave birth to him. He escaped...

  • @abnerherrera6090
    @abnerherrera6090 Před 4 lety +35819

    Now, that's a smart animal. He's not even running away. He's doing it for fun. That's another level of intelligence.

    • @Dygit
      @Dygit Před 4 lety +1341

      Abner Herrera he gets bored what else he gonna do

    • @QPham-nz5po
      @QPham-nz5po Před 4 lety +1560

      smart badger would run away and find some coke and hookers

    • @zachtrapper2398
      @zachtrapper2398 Před 4 lety +905

      He knows where his bread is buttered

    • @dmilz2119
      @dmilz2119 Před 4 lety +114

      Haha love it.

    • @gabrielbruni3924
      @gabrielbruni3924 Před 4 lety +600

      Why he is not in the series
      "Prison break "

  • @blehbleh5095
    @blehbleh5095 Před 3 měsíci +149

    "I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in with me" - Stoffel the Honey Badger Zoo Manager

  • @saimanohara6399
    @saimanohara6399 Před 4 měsíci +331

    So many life lessons taught here.
    Use what you have.
    Think outside the box.
    And most importantly Never ever give up.

    • @TyinAlaska
      @TyinAlaska Před 3 měsíci

      Why are those life lessons?

    • @zinstonehead
      @zinstonehead Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@TyinAlaskaBecause they are important and many people don't realize them.

    • @Batfan166
      @Batfan166 Před měsícem

      This is gold!👍👍👍

    • @TheMinistryofLove
      @TheMinistryofLove Před měsícem +2

      Wisdom is found everywhere if you just listen and look cleverly enough

    • @Batfan166
      @Batfan166 Před měsícem +1

      @TheMinistryofLove There is wisdom to be gained in every mistake you make. And healing too if you learn to view mistakes as learning experiences.

  • @prince_mar_mar2458
    @prince_mar_mar2458 Před 3 lety +5492

    Just remember that Stoffel broke INTO this man's house rather than trying to escape back into the wild

    • @tomatotom984
      @tomatotom984 Před 3 lety +695

      get rid of loose ends lmao

    • @jzenhenko
      @jzenhenko Před 3 lety +440

      thats how you know it was a message

    • @albanakarriqi9000
      @albanakarriqi9000 Před 3 lety

      Puboyf9yf97t6

    • @lapiscake1211
      @lapiscake1211 Před 3 lety +147

      stoffel is out for blood

    • @InnocentFormalities
      @InnocentFormalities Před 3 lety +113

      hes going after that fridge lets be real u break out of alcatraz ur hungry ur thirsty he aint stupid he kkkws where the goods at

  • @ekdaufin1485
    @ekdaufin1485 Před 4 lety +5482

    What a gentleman waiting for his woman to come down and leaving together.

    • @shartmaster7932
      @shartmaster7932 Před 4 lety +60

      why does this make me laugh so hard?!?!?!?!

    • @TheDyrehauge
      @TheDyrehauge Před 4 lety +140

      Only if you look, he didnt wait

    • @opalskyartwork
      @opalskyartwork Před 4 lety +54

      He made her do all the work opening the gate ;-P

    • @excite236
      @excite236 Před 4 lety +60

      @@opalskyartwork not only that... smart ass risked her getting injured instead of him.

    • @shaneredgate8628
      @shaneredgate8628 Před 4 lety +8

      sway4all being handsome isn't the same as being a gentleman...

  • @MrKelso85
    @MrKelso85 Před měsícem +104

    “Stoffel how will you get out this time?
    Stoffel: Yes

    • @3takoyakis
      @3takoyakis Před měsícem

      Stoffel: "Psst, Noone will believe you. Noone will. "

  • @nohandle508
    @nohandle508 Před měsícem +60

    I've watched this so many times over the years, never take this down, please.:-) Just found a post on X from 3 months ago saying Stoffel was 26 years old and still doing well. My heart ❤

  • @CognizantCheddar
    @CognizantCheddar Před 4 lety +12768

    You can take my trees
    you can take my rocks
    but you'll never
    take
    MY
    *FREEDOM*
    - Stoffel, probably

  • @milascave2
    @milascave2 Před 4 lety +6321

    He doesn't even really want to leave, as shown by the fact that when he did, he went into his keeper's room. He really is just amusing himself with this game.

    • @phaedrespencer3652
      @phaedrespencer3652 Před 4 lety +1159

      @Fuert Neigt You're an idiot. Stoffle can't go into the wild. He was rescued after he was malled by lions and requires medication for his damaged kidneys once a week. They're saving his life and he's happy. Watch the entire documentary before you say he abuses the animals.

    • @sf8262
      @sf8262 Před 4 lety +160

      If he was in the wild now he may be too domesticated to even survive.

    • @andersont2496
      @andersont2496 Před 4 lety +181

      zen the lack of medication would be a bigger issue methinks

    • @AnthonyTheSeven
      @AnthonyTheSeven Před 4 lety +54

      Undecided Earth why call someone an idiot? This is arrogant and not nice.
      It does seem like abuse, if they are forcing the badger to stay when it doesn't want to.
      That would make Fuert Neigt right. But if the badger can't live in the wilderness, forcing the badger might be justified. That makes you right, but it doesn't make Fuert wrong, because they are still keeping the badger against his will.
      If in the documentary the badger doesn't leave after he escapes and does it just for fun, then you'd be right. But why be so angry and arrogant? Especially about someone defending the right cause? Because I too think that abuse is bad, don't you?
      My point is: everything has many aspects to it and no one is an idiot, when it's about exchanging information and not about defending your ego.

    • @ChronicalV
      @ChronicalV Před 4 lety +324

      @@AnthonyTheSeven is protecting an animal that can't defend itself now called animal abuse?

  • @violentlyh
    @violentlyh Před měsícem +30

    If Chuck Norris needs to escape from a prison he calls Stoffel

    • @Twotone-ld1fb
      @Twotone-ld1fb Před 18 dny +1

      Chuck Norris doesn't escape from prison. Prison escapes from Chuck Norris.

  • @mollycblaeser
    @mollycblaeser Před 3 měsíci +19

    What an incredibly clever creature! I love that it's truly just a game for him, especially breaking into the keeper's house.

  • @jujasname
    @jujasname Před 4 lety +23026

    It's obvious that the honey badger doesn't want to escape, he just wants to piss that man off...

  • @hughjazz8416
    @hughjazz8416 Před 4 lety +2010

    Stoffel banging on the dudes door like he owes him money.

  • @user-ii1mr9kz5w
    @user-ii1mr9kz5w Před 7 měsíci +8

    Stoffel wick is a honey badger of focus, commitment, sheer will..

  • @berendharmsen
    @berendharmsen Před měsícem +7

    Every couple of years the Stoffel video comes by. I always click on it to watch it again.

  • @RIPjkripper
    @RIPjkripper Před 4 lety +15886

    So after he escapes he then proceeds to break INTO the guy's house, just to mess with him? Hahaha

    • @arthursibanda636
      @arthursibanda636 Před 4 lety +240

      You're killing me

    • @Poldur
      @Poldur Před 4 lety +426

      Straight mad lad

    • @mjmj2960
      @mjmj2960 Před 4 lety +43

      😂 😂 😂

    • @Wayne44ish
      @Wayne44ish Před 4 lety +337

      Lonzo Ball or worse a white man in a badgers body. The next thing you know he’s colonizing the area and passing out blankets contaminated with small pox.

    • @bandawhat33
      @bandawhat33 Před 4 lety +58

      @@Wayne44ish what race are you?

  • @cousinjack2841
    @cousinjack2841 Před 3 lety +6340

    I've been there and met Stoffel. His keeper was telling us that he spends a lot of time with Stoffel and was once lying down in the pen starting to doze off. He was brought back to reality when he realised that Stoffel was trying to push him towards the wall to be used as a step. True story.

    • @TheRABIDdude
      @TheRABIDdude Před 3 lety +208

      I so wish there was any kind of way I could trust this as true :(

    • @cousinjack2841
      @cousinjack2841 Před 3 lety +677

      @@TheRABIDdude Obviously there is no way that I can convince you and I did not see the incident myself. All I can say is that I was there, I live in South Africa, and that is what the keeper told us when he was giving us a talk about Stoffel and his antics. One thing that I did see was that the keeper and Stoffel were very close and had a great relationship. Stoffel is quite a character.

    • @TheRABIDdude
      @TheRABIDdude Před 3 lety +227

      ​@@cousinjack2841 It's a lovely story, and heartwarming to know the keeper has a close friendship with the animal. I suppose there's no good way to verify someone's claims on youtube without them surrendering personal information (which would be stupid), but the story and your first-hand-account phrasing seem credible enough. And I have nothing to lose by taking it as true :) Thanks for sharing!

    • @katherineuribe2952
      @katherineuribe2952 Před 3 lety +210

      I believe it! Stoffle is a genius, in the badger world. He should run for office! Smarter than what we have now in the U.S.

    • @dragonsword7370
      @dragonsword7370 Před 3 lety +91

      stoffel's history and capacity lend me to believe it possible.

  • @speedrob
    @speedrob Před 2 měsíci +2

    Rumour is Stoffel taught El Chapo how to escape from prison.

  • @lisaharrod8386
    @lisaharrod8386 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Not only tough...quite clever! Gotta admire his determination.
    My dad used to tell a story about being chased back to his tractor, and held captive by a badger he came across while plowing a field when he was a kid in western Kansas.
    Don't mess with badgers. They can tear you up!

  • @blakenbake3953
    @blakenbake3953 Před 3 lety +3631

    Stoffel the only inmate to break out and head directly to the wardens office to brag of his accomplishments.

    • @Pandalka
      @Pandalka Před 3 lety +152

      "hey bro I've solved the riddle, what's next? I'm so excited"

    • @BijouBakson
      @BijouBakson Před 3 lety +11

      Haha

    • @hiitsme6639
      @hiitsme6639 Před 3 lety +39

      My boy was being awful one day so we put him in his room.
      He climbed out the window and ran in through the kitchen door to brag that he had gotten out.
      He could have just gone to play with friends or anything.
      Hubris 🤷‍♀️

    • @penguinmaster7
      @penguinmaster7 Před 3 lety +31

      of course he'd brag to the warden
      because honey badgers don't give a shit

    • @Uneke
      @Uneke Před 3 lety +12

      I think he just wanted a piece of his misses lol
      “I’ve solved your riddle, now I want me prize mate!” Lol

  • @sarmenpm1304
    @sarmenpm1304 Před 4 lety +3754

    Every time a prison is built they bring in the stoffel to check for flaws.

    • @LittleBlacksheep1995
      @LittleBlacksheep1995 Před 3 lety +128

      If Stoffle can't get in your house, no one can get in your house and it would be the safest place in the world. However, Stoffle IS going to get in your house.

    • @tihomirrasperic
      @tihomirrasperic Před 3 lety +9

      i have a dog like him....
      there no opstical to him...
      30 cm high but he can jump over 1.5 m fence. from spot

    • @hkhan7321
      @hkhan7321 Před 3 lety +2

      @@LittleBlacksheep1995 you better believe it

    • @ilickcarpet
      @ilickcarpet Před 3 lety +8

      epic comment bro, fuckin love this!!! 😂 😂 😂 😂

    • @agneshravindran1727
      @agneshravindran1727 Před 3 lety +20

      Yes , and they made a movie about it staring Sylvester Stallone as Stoffle

  • @user-ui4yo6lh8b
    @user-ui4yo6lh8b Před 3 měsíci +9

    What a legend! I feel like he has a cheeky personality and only does it not to escape but to mess with his keepers and prove he cannot be stopped

  • @amazonlife2609
    @amazonlife2609 Před 6 měsíci +15

    Stoffel is my Idol! Out of all the beings on the planet, he is one of those I admire the most. What an inspirational legend.

  • @FreddyJedd
    @FreddyJedd Před rokem +5181

    They don't mention it in this video but on one of his escapes Stoffel got into a lion pen and picked a fight. He was mauled fairly badly but once he recovered the next time he escaped he went right back for round 2 with the lions.

    • @Solitude1990
      @Solitude1990 Před 10 měsíci +777

      Yeah, I figured they were keeping him in a prison for good reason

    • @MyHomeIsVegas-nc1fb
      @MyHomeIsVegas-nc1fb Před 9 měsíci +71

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @dekuuchiha9990
      @dekuuchiha9990 Před 9 měsíci +41

      @@Solitude1990 anything for the views

    • @sarahjulianne2954
      @sarahjulianne2954 Před 9 měsíci +206

      There's a crazy video of one taking on three leopards at once and comes out of it alive

    • @ThomasBarone
      @ThomasBarone Před 9 měsíci +188

      You do not want to mess with crazy! No matter how small he is.

  • @josiecloughessy4569
    @josiecloughessy4569 Před 3 lety +5572

    i feel like he’s earned his freedom at this point

    • @eliara-thevoice8430
      @eliara-thevoice8430 Před 3 lety +197

      Exactly. Let him be free.

    • @GeeWeLove
      @GeeWeLove Před 3 lety +109

      Ya I don’t think they should keep honey badgers enclosed for years and years. They should let them free.

    • @smilingknight4532
      @smilingknight4532 Před 3 lety +233

      I feel like the people here don’t realize that stoffel is very, very old for a honey badger, for all we know, he may already be dead. Honey badgers live about 24 years in captivity and he is way older than that now.

    • @umbrellashotgunman
      @umbrellashotgunman Před 3 lety +535

      According to the full documentary this is from, Stoffel was raised by farmers and refuses to leave the vicinity of human habitation even when he does escape (hence why they're able to catch him again in the first place); they lock him up mostly because he has a bad habit of trying to kill the other animals that are actually intended to be sent back to the wild (in fact, Stoffel originally had *two* female honey badger companions; those two were eventually returned to the wild, but Stoffel simply refused to leave).

    • @GeeWeLove
      @GeeWeLove Před 3 lety +11

      @@umbrellashotgunman key words “according to”

  • @redfo3009
    @redfo3009 Před měsícem +9

    How could you not have acquired such a respect for the animal who is that determined, that clever, that tough, that innovative, determined etc..to just set him free. I could never have an animal captive like that. Too much respect for them.

    • @user-vq7vz9de9o
      @user-vq7vz9de9o Před 20 dny

      It's actually for its safety. Left out in the wild, he'd be some hunter's meat lunch, he noted for its skin, or the snack of some animal predator.

    • @user-ur4zj7px9d
      @user-ur4zj7px9d Před 2 dny

      Stoffel doesn't actually try to escape. Stoffel just loves to troll his caretaker.
      They only built this enclosure for him because he repeatedly picked fights with the lions that are also living there.
      Then he found this as his new favourite game.

  • @hanstaagen2066
    @hanstaagen2066 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Intelligence like this almost makes you sypathize with him like hes a person

  • @jamesbohling4864
    @jamesbohling4864 Před 3 lety +6555

    Having raised animals. Stoffel isn't trying to escape, he is messing with the caretakers. Breaking into the house is epic trolling

    • @helloidharbl6753
      @helloidharbl6753 Před 3 lety +286

      This deserves a research grant.

    • @ykMMD
      @ykMMD Před 3 lety +34

      What animals have you raised?

    • @Robert53area
      @Robert53area Před 3 lety +256

      @@ykMMD ferrets do this all the time, they love messing with their owners.
      I had to warn guests not to leave things on tables, or my ferret would take it and run under dressers with them.
      The whole family is highly smart, they can be trained with litter boxes better than most cats.

    • @jamesbohling4864
      @jamesbohling4864 Před 3 lety +135

      Cattle, hogs, dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, peacocks, and a few others. The boars were the ones who got out just to get out

    • @PJOZeus
      @PJOZeus Před 3 lety +162

      You haven’t seen the first part of this documentary, and that’s fair
      Most of the time when he broke out, it was to go kill other animals helpless in their pens overnight, even to the point of attacking an alpha lion (and winning), before being mauled on his second attempt on the lions (as is being mentioned right at the start), hence this little escape sequence
      A honey badger, is not the same as a ferret or dogs/cats or anything else like that

  • @Nina-ig2gv
    @Nina-ig2gv Před 8 měsíci +2513

    The keeper running after Stoffel and calling his name is the funniest thing 😂

  • @JillRhoads
    @JillRhoads Před měsícem +3

    Even after having watched this video many times over the year, I still laugh and keep coming back to watch again. I wonder what happened to Stoffel. Did his kids learn the same tricks?

  • @Hana-F
    @Hana-F Před 7 měsíci +2

    Such an astonishing level of intelligence for a tiny creature! Blows my mind the many ways which he made an escape!

  • @gameguild2396
    @gameguild2396 Před 3 lety +2841

    This absolute chad, he not only breaks out the enclosure but INTO the keepers house. That's like breaking out of prison to only break back into the wardens office.

    • @Shaymin0
      @Shaymin0 Před 3 lety +15

      Wardens bedroom*

    • @JoeBlac
      @JoeBlac Před 3 lety +31

      @@Shaymin0 *Warden's wife's bedroom

    • @meganpitt
      @meganpitt Před 3 lety +5

      Hahaha true. Also the replies are funny :p

    • @meganpitt
      @meganpitt Před 3 lety +1

      @ㅤㅤღنورღ Judging by your watch history, I'd have to disagree... 😬

    • @mtjoy747
      @mtjoy747 Před 3 lety +3

      Steal the accounting books from the Keeper's Office and then run!

  • @metalmamasue3680
    @metalmamasue3680 Před 3 lety +4806

    Clearly, Stoffel should be put in charge of park security.

    • @bathombre9739
      @bathombre9739 Před 3 lety +72

      That's what FBI CIA do with these high elite criminals, they hire them and use their knowledge to improve security

    • @flowergirl5336
      @flowergirl5336 Před 3 lety +8

      @@bathombre9739 do they really

    • @cianbarry9207
      @cianbarry9207 Před 3 lety +10

      @@flowergirl5336 a few probably, those that are cooperative and less likely to stab you in the neck

    • @6timesbabyyy996
      @6timesbabyyy996 Před 3 lety +1

      @@cianbarry9207 More like thief's that don't kill or threaten. Like a night thief

    • @lyfer461
      @lyfer461 Před 3 lety +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @vlrissolo
    @vlrissolo Před 4 dny

    I'm spoiled! I've been watching David Attenborough for months now. No one compares to his story telling

  • @oneplus5225
    @oneplus5225 Před 7 měsíci +3

    The main lesson in all of this: Value your freedom and don't let yourself be held back!🙌

  • @Aethgeir
    @Aethgeir Před 4 lety +2368

    I want Stoffle on my apocalypse survival team.

  • @ScionStorm1
    @ScionStorm1 Před 4 lety +2624

    You try to imprison him. You take his trees, you take his rocks. Next thing you know he in your house, breaking into your bedroom.

    • @ComradeTomatoTurtle
      @ComradeTomatoTurtle Před 4 lety +258

      He came for his wife.

    • @EdsterIII
      @EdsterIII Před 4 lety +33

      And half your face is eaten. Hah try and imprison me will ya.

    • @nemo227
      @nemo227 Před 4 lety +14

      Next thing you know there's a rug made from a honey badger pelt.

    • @stevethea5250
      @stevethea5250 Před 4 lety +2

      @@nemo227 in my mausoleum

    • @Xeptar
      @Xeptar Před 4 lety +92

      The honey badger isn't trapped with them. They are trapped with the honey badger

  • @KMV007
    @KMV007 Před měsícem +9

    Someone once said if honey badgers were as big as lions, we’d all be extinct.

  • @siavashsohrabi4221
    @siavashsohrabi4221 Před měsícem +4

    They should make a video game based on this

  • @liv0whatever
    @liv0whatever Před 3 lety +6386

    stoffle is 100% the type of pet that is obsessed with getting outside but always comes right back when its time to eat

  • @joeycottontail1715
    @joeycottontail1715 Před 4 lety +1759

    Legend has it the guy is in the pen now and Stoffle lives in the house.

  • @mullajohn2803
    @mullajohn2803 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Stoffel is my spirit animal

  • @stephgreen3070
    @stephgreen3070 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This is the best story I have ever heard. I think I love you, Stoffel. What a crazy little honey badger.

  • @smurfsrasexual
    @smurfsrasexual Před 4 lety +2530

    He escapes and breaks into the dudes house. Stoffle stop trolling this poor man!

    • @SnoopCatts
      @SnoopCatts Před 4 lety +43

      FACTS!!!!😅😅😂😂😅😂😂😂 Stoffle's a fuckin Troll King

    • @marsharbour5906
      @marsharbour5906 Před 4 lety +109

      Maybe he thinks he is breaking the guy out of HIS cage.

    • @mathildewesendonck7225
      @mathildewesendonck7225 Před 4 lety +9

      will charlton 😂😂😂👍 Hilarious

    • @Marko..895
      @Marko..895 Před 4 lety +4

      will charlton, hahahahahahahaha

    • @daradiant1
      @daradiant1 Před 4 lety +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @eltorpedo67
    @eltorpedo67 Před 3 lety +3004

    Stoffel breaks into man's house: "None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with *ME*"

  • @aprilzanganeh7171
    @aprilzanganeh7171 Před 7 dny +1

    Honey badger are my spirit animal to be free and fearless animal on this Earth!

  • @MeghanBean
    @MeghanBean Před 3 měsíci +9

    Animals are so much more intelligent than I was raised to believe lol

  • @Jason-me1bs
    @Jason-me1bs Před 4 lety +1541

    Someone tapped me on the shoulder and recommended this to me...
    ...It was Stoffle

  • @jbre7233
    @jbre7233 Před 4 lety +2855

    I want, no, NEED, more stoffle stories.

    • @jaystrong2618
      @jaystrong2618 Před 4 lety +35

      I couldnt agree more. My whole worldview has been shifted

    • @juninho8107
      @juninho8107 Před 4 lety +3

      czcams.com/video/45EbX3XPuqM/video.html

    • @micahjaynes7505
      @micahjaynes7505 Před 4 lety

      ikr

    • @harlowitter3060
      @harlowitter3060 Před 4 lety +19

      We all want more of this savage little smartass😂

    • @gwest111
      @gwest111 Před 4 lety

      czcams.com/video/45EbX3XPuqM/video.html

  • @unstoppable6047
    @unstoppable6047 Před 24 dny +1

    That honey badger is awesome. That is really smart. Wasn't clumsy with the tools either when grabbing them. Incredible and funny

  • @YeahYeahb-tch
    @YeahYeahb-tch Před 4 měsíci +2

    5am, uk accent, soothing music, and the cute but incredibly dangerous honey badger who is smarter than 95% off humanity. Perfect

  • @phendformyself
    @phendformyself Před 3 lety +2505

    "...and after all that, we finally devised a system to keep him in the enclosure."
    *Stoffel escapes in the background

    • @stoybenxi7395
      @stoybenxi7395 Před 3 lety +24

      One word, moats.

    • @raptin1595
      @raptin1595 Před 3 lety +40

      @@stoybenxi7395 He would build a makeshift raft and swim over it

    • @oisindaly9693
      @oisindaly9693 Před 3 lety +14

      @@stoybenxi7395 guided missiles

    • @ikno3833
      @ikno3833 Před 3 lety +8

      That meme of Rhino escaping
      Ohh muh god

    • @I_the_Taco
      @I_the_Taco Před 3 lety +5

      quick we need mark rober

  • @dmsviola1
    @dmsviola1 Před 4 lety +2058

    That awkward moment when a honey badger is better at puzzle solving than you are.

    • @jakeb3055
      @jakeb3055 Před 4 lety +1

      LilyLaya your 200th like. 👍

    • @Gblonkers
      @Gblonkers Před 4 lety +3

      You’re really that stupid?

    • @dofehino5444
      @dofehino5444 Před 4 lety +15

      @@Gblonkers well the mud rolling got me by surprise

    • @dmsviola1
      @dmsviola1 Před 4 lety +10

      @Puking Dino That awkward moment when you assume I bothered to dig through the comments and copy someone else's joke.
      Didn't even think my comment would be seen on a 5 year old video. So call me unoriginal if you want. That'd at least be somewhat accurate.

    • @dmsviola1
      @dmsviola1 Před 4 lety +9

      @Puking Dino Whatever makes you feel more powerful dude.

  • @derekbaker777
    @derekbaker777 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Honey Badgers are adorable little critters, and are tough as nails and fearless.

  • @invariablybefuddled4415

    Okay. This may be 4 years ago, but stoffel is my aspirational spirit animal! He is amazing!! He's living his own brave heart

  • @mongoose621
    @mongoose621 Před 2 lety +6101

    The fact that he has considered digging up mud and rolling it into balls to use as a platform shows incredible intelligence and lateral thinking. That is next level brainpower. He is awesome

    • @SerKGrimm
      @SerKGrimm Před 2 lety +203

      I mean... most humans wouldn't even think of that.

    • @rascal211
      @rascal211 Před 2 lety +124

      He's smarter than many humans. You put some humans in there and they won't know how to get out.

    • @wcc4269
      @wcc4269 Před 2 lety +49

      @@SerKGrimm I heard that and was like "Dang thats a good idea, Stoffel!"

    • @vinny6935
      @vinny6935 Před 2 lety +74

      People often don't give animals enough credit, but you're right - in this case Stoffel is showing an uncommon level of intelligence and problem-solving prowess.

    • @asnark7115
      @asnark7115 Před 2 lety +49

      There are a lot of people who aren't that smart.

  • @joshuasuey1963
    @joshuasuey1963 Před 4 lety +1902

    *gets bored in any prison*
    Stoffle: ight imma head out

  • @visingh
    @visingh Před měsícem +3

    Update: Stoffel got his PhD and single handedly resolved all issues NASA was having finishing the James Webb telescope, hence the name James Webb Stoffel Telescope (JWST).

  • @qwmx
    @qwmx Před 4 lety +2436

    You know he's showing off when he breaks into the warden's house after he's just broke out of prison😂

    • @knighthonor44
      @knighthonor44 Před 4 lety +27

      Lmao you know that's right

    • @russmartin9549
      @russmartin9549 Před 4 lety +58

      That's funny shit. I'm surprised stoffel didnt lock him in his own house. "Welcome to my world;) 😎"

    • @ynoten
      @ynoten Před 4 lety +3

      What a gem this animal is

    • @stefanakosmar
      @stefanakosmar Před 4 lety

      1K nice

    • @1700zan
      @1700zan Před 4 lety +3

      Lmao he legendary

  • @PettyTendergrasp
    @PettyTendergrasp Před 4 lety +3059

    2024: Stoffle becomes CEO of a Global Security Company

    • @JonnyParker-
      @JonnyParker- Před 4 lety +50

      2026 he nukes the planet

    • @mrmathmonkey9582
      @mrmathmonkey9582 Před 4 lety +68

      21000 he escapes reality

    • @michaelweston409
      @michaelweston409 Před 4 lety +7

      goutham 😂 this comment chain ahaha

    • @prathamshukla1280
      @prathamshukla1280 Před 4 lety +9

      2050 he saved the world from climate changes

    • @geoleo965
      @geoleo965 Před 4 lety +11

      No timeline for me: he already savagely ripped both, the delicate fabrics of human logic and reality itself with its crafty tenacity.

  • @Thephillips-dj1po
    @Thephillips-dj1po Před 4 měsíci +1

    This is an actual game to him. He has no intention of escaping and clearly enjoys this. *And it's just wonderful.*

  • @kaibalfour2318
    @kaibalfour2318 Před 7 měsíci

    Another reason why honey badgers are awesome

  • @Kimera_Alternate_Realities
    @Kimera_Alternate_Realities Před 4 lety +1763

    "I'ts not about escaping, it's about sending a message"

  • @jonathancoleman7471
    @jonathancoleman7471 Před 3 lety +912

    He’s lowkey so proud of him 😂😂

  • @POPPYTHERED
    @POPPYTHERED Před 6 měsíci +4

    These honey badgers 🦡 are the best! Such characters 🥰👍🏻😂😂

  • @TIOLIOfficial
    @TIOLIOfficial Před měsícem +1

    Holy fck, it's like they have fully functional little hands. I love these little critters!

  • @silentbliss7666
    @silentbliss7666 Před 4 lety +3158

    I'm more amazed that you had manage to catch him each time he escape. He probably let you catch him on purpose so that he can make another escape.

    • @Z0Z99
      @Z0Z99 Před 4 lety +594

      For sure, he is fed, he knows for sure he is safe, and escaping over and over again is a weekly game for him, no consequences except back at square one.

    • @stevethea5250
      @stevethea5250 Před 4 lety +58

      @@Z0Z99 he needs a straitjacket😂

    • @Xalerdane
      @Xalerdane Před 4 lety +473

      If he’s smart enough to figure out how to make mud and pile it up in the corner, he’s smart enough to realize that the humans aren’t a threat to him.

    • @stevethea5250
      @stevethea5250 Před 4 lety +36

      @@Xalerdane I had a chinese friend for 9 years. He didn't know how to speak English
      at all. Now he's in the UK for university. He brought he's Chinese
      friend along and she doesn't speak English very well.
      I only met her for 5 days, and I know I'm never gonna see her or
      possibly get close to her that much. But I really think I fell on love
      with her.
      She showed me this song cos she likes it.
      Now it's my favorite, and I kkow I'm never gonna see her ever again, cos
      were indifferent countries and language barriers and etc, I know our
      paths will never cross.
      But I'll listen to this so I can remember. And who knows I could learn
      Chinese, she inspired me that much.

    • @jdj160
      @jdj160 Před 4 lety +290

      @@stevethea5250 what..

  • @okihabu9805
    @okihabu9805 Před 3 lety +2513

    The fact that the honey badger is clearly escaping for fun and not trying to actually run away is pretty damn funny. I mean, it broke into the guy’s house and started scratching at his bedroom door like a lonely puppy. I’m crying

  • @Eli-akad
    @Eli-akad Před 3 měsíci +3

    This video been in my watch later list for a few years now I’m just now watching it😂😂

  • @virgojones2670
    @virgojones2670 Před 4 lety +3137

    He's actually making them smarter, each time the honey badger is presented with another challenge, it had to think outside the box to accomplish the problem.

    • @bobjones1783
      @bobjones1783 Před 4 lety +37

      "Accomplish the problem?"

    • @Snadaaahhh
      @Snadaaahhh Před 4 lety

      Was thinking the exact same thing

    • @ThePackDad
      @ThePackDad Před 4 lety +25

      I would argue that he "solved" the problems.

    • @theoldschooldiva374
      @theoldschooldiva374 Před 4 lety +1

      Exactly

    • @kevo300
      @kevo300 Před 4 lety +61

      Plot twist: he is engineering super badgers to take over the world.

  • @SeemsLikeSomething
    @SeemsLikeSomething Před 4 lety +607

    Stoffle not only escapes any entrapment you try, he also comes to your house to flex about it.

  • @jc1872
    @jc1872 Před měsícem +5

    Houdini reincarnated as a honey badger.

  • @Wizardofro
    @Wizardofro Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is the most amazing and beautiful stuff I have seen in my life, incredibly funny and witty!
    I love badgers!
    We should study badgers!

  • @dontassumemyfender9866
    @dontassumemyfender9866 Před 2 lety +2718

    Imagine doing everything within your brains power to keep Stoffel inside his enclosure. Then to get woken up to what you believe to be an intruder only to discover Stoffel in your kitchen making a sandwich.

    • @fardowsayasin
      @fardowsayasin Před rokem +41

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @joenobody5913
      @joenobody5913 Před rokem +91

      Yeah lol. He's all like "sup? sandwich?......oh yeah, you locked me in again, all good though"

    • @samuellowekey9271
      @samuellowekey9271 Před rokem +43

      Why not put a wire fence over the top of the enclosure?
      I know, i know, he'll just dig under the wall.

    • @richardetab7779
      @richardetab7779 Před rokem +2

      🤣🤣

    • @joenobody5913
      @joenobody5913 Před rokem +58

      @@samuellowekey9271 You don't give him barbed wire to play with!!! This fuckin thing will make some dangerous weapon out of it or something

  • @you_just
    @you_just Před 3 lety +2719

    My favorite part is that Stoffle never runs away- he just lets himself be caught again because he gets his kicks escaping from his enclosure.

    • @blackspiderman1887
      @blackspiderman1887 Před 3 lety +55

      Like the joker

    • @coolgreenbug7551
      @coolgreenbug7551 Před 3 lety +107

      @@blackspiderman1887 Escape! I wouldn't want to escape.
      *You complete Me*

    • @timminh468
      @timminh468 Před 3 lety +3

      You_just , he got out of that rectangular walls doesn’t means he “escaped” the entire area is fenced off.

    • @erzascarlett5042
      @erzascarlett5042 Před 3 lety +48

      @@timminh468 So you think a fence could stop him if he really wanted out? And yes he did escape he escaped the enclosure he was in.

    • @JacobVonRoker
      @JacobVonRoker Před 3 lety +13

      it's enrichment

  • @joalexsg9741
    @joalexsg9741 Před 3 měsíci

    It's so heartwarming and funny to watch the video of this unstoppable Stoffel! They should make a series of his life!

  • @d2cuadrados510
    @d2cuadrados510 Před 4 lety +2872

    The fact that this little creature is recreating everything on camera makes it a thousand times better

    • @darylholden187
      @darylholden187 Před 4 lety +41

      underrated comment +

    • @ln5321
      @ln5321 Před 4 lety +427

      Seriously. Usually when you hear those stories, they're put over B roll of the animal just doing nothing in particular. The fact that you can put Stoffle in any of the old enclosures or put a rake in his cage and instantly film him getting out again proves that the stories are all happening the way the owner says they are.

    • @jameswaterhouse-brown6646
      @jameswaterhouse-brown6646 Před 4 lety +10

      Haha!!
      Yes
      True!!!

    • @lildoc
      @lildoc Před 4 lety +66

      That is a different badger. Works as a body double for a living.

    • @TonyEnglandUK
      @TonyEnglandUK Před 4 lety +34

      He must have recreated it more than once, too. Watch the rake carefully from 3:43 and see if you notice something wrong as Stoffle climbs it............

  • @Rumplesti1tskin
    @Rumplesti1tskin Před rokem +4288

    He has better problem solving skills than most people in my neighborhood.

    • @astoldbytheolyn4382
      @astoldbytheolyn4382 Před rokem +19

      True dat

    • @EsotericOccultist
      @EsotericOccultist Před rokem

      I'm guessing you live in a democrat city full of minorities

    • @semdavidanger
      @semdavidanger Před rokem +7

      Yep,.

    • @ca9968
      @ca9968 Před rokem +28

      Not too difficult these days in the UK, i`ve seen potholes that have more education and better common sense than most of the inhabitants of "Estate Britain"...

    • @bono9814
      @bono9814 Před rokem +3

      You must live in an urban area

  • @lesflynn4455
    @lesflynn4455 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Wow. Everyone knows they are tough and fierce, but i had no idea they are that smart.

  • @gigatron4578
    @gigatron4578 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Honey Badgers are many stuff, Immune to venom, brave and smart.

  • @sylvestermalifa1653
    @sylvestermalifa1653 Před 4 lety +1371

    If stoffle dies he will be the first to escape from the afterlife

    • @Bennevisie
      @Bennevisie Před 4 lety +9

      Sylvester Malifa It’s “Stoffel”. Don’t trust the BBC with Afrikaans spelling.

    • @disastergoblin65
      @disastergoblin65 Před 4 lety +40

      That's IF he dies. We all know he'll escape death.

    • @jr_jar
      @jr_jar Před 4 lety +1

      No he WILL DIE

    • @0riginal_zer030
      @0riginal_zer030 Před 4 lety +1

      If.

    • @TophatMilo
      @TophatMilo Před 4 lety +5

      I like how you say IF he dies....

  • @kingofbunga
    @kingofbunga Před 4 lety +1302

    The old man bans stoffle from the prison and sets him free
    Stoffle: time to break in

  • @mrindia1395
    @mrindia1395 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Intelligent little beast 😊

  • @arieloosthuizen2493
    @arieloosthuizen2493 Před 3 měsíci

    Stoffel remains an enigma!!! I’ve always loved him to bits!

  • @Ben-j-king
    @Ben-j-king Před 4 lety +1010

    Another year and Stoffle will be doing a TedTalk on his escape from alcatraz.

    • @Bennevisie
      @Bennevisie Před 4 lety +6

      Ben King Followed by a biopic with that kid from Harry Potter and some Australian actors butchering the Afrikaans accent.

    • @Kev376
      @Kev376 Před 4 lety +4

      They should hire Stoffle to test out if the prison's actually work.

    • @fireyflower6643
      @fireyflower6643 Před 4 lety

      lolol

    • @shashankdesaiii
      @shashankdesaiii Před 4 lety

      😆😂😂

    • @enthusiaststraw7196
      @enthusiaststraw7196 Před 4 lety

      😂😂😂

  • @isaaconyach9401
    @isaaconyach9401 Před 4 lety +1865

    Just let him go man. He's earned it.

    • @abelis644
      @abelis644 Před 4 lety +227

      Funny thing is, he will probably stick around, he loves the game and really is quite happy there.
      He just wants
      R E S P E C T!!!

    • @eddieblack3767
      @eddieblack3767 Před 4 lety +104

      They give him medicine that keeps him alive, so if they did let him go, he wouldn't last long

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja Před 4 lety +70

      Isaac Onyach
      He’s there because he’s non-releasable. If he could have been released, he would have been 20 years ago.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja Před 4 lety +17

      Dubai Was Lit
      The full documentary said that he was at least 20 years old.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja Před 4 lety +16

      Dubai Was Lit
      Or honey badgers live longer than you thought they did. That’s actually more likely, because I was surprised to hear how long he’d been there as well.

  • @timothysanders226
    @timothysanders226 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Hold on... His solution to stopping one honey badger from going crazy, was to add another? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ANDYNORR
    @ANDYNORR Před 4 měsíci

    Stoffel is tooo cool ! I especially enjoyed the Stoffel dance near the end! Stffel is awesome !

  • @bootesvoid1275
    @bootesvoid1275 Před 2 lety +2015

    That old kind man is Lowkey proud of Stoffel. He speaks about him, as some parents would do about their troublesome, yet smart kids.

    • @EmReyplayslots
      @EmReyplayslots Před rokem +57

      Exactly what it seems 😂😂😂

    • @solidsnaker1992
      @solidsnaker1992 Před rokem +75

      if i were him i'd be very proud of my little mischievous devil lol

    • @guitardzan5641
      @guitardzan5641 Před rokem +26

      Stoffel is escaping to warn the other animals about Brian.

    • @nickv.5748
      @nickv.5748 Před rokem +7

      That's a love !

    • @Chaosproscho
      @Chaosproscho Před rokem +20

      He sure is, every other person would have just gave up built Stoffel a dog door so he could leave and enter when ever he liked instead of thinking of more and more possible ways to try to keep him in. He want's to see what he will come up with next, and Stoffel probably also wants to see what the human tries to keep him in.

  • @brah007
    @brah007 Před 2 lety +1824

    The guy running after the badger and calling him "STOFFEL!" is one of the best parts ever :)))

    • @Jackson-pu7gd
      @Jackson-pu7gd Před rokem +28

      lol cue the benny hill music

    • @RobertSmith-le8wp
      @RobertSmith-le8wp Před rokem +31

      If you look up Stoffel the badger here on CZcams there’s a video of him roughhousing and playing with the badger. As I understand Stoffel is almost 30 years old

    • @0IIIIII
      @0IIIIII Před rokem +6

      @@RobertSmith-le8wp where’s the video? Can you please link it?

    • @jacobcastillo9275
      @jacobcastillo9275 Před rokem +5

      Lol that part made me laugh too

    • @NotWatchingTV
      @NotWatchingTV Před rokem

      Stoffels chunky butt just bopping around LOL

  • @mullajohn2803
    @mullajohn2803 Před 8 dny

    Stoffel always wins. You are in his world.