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 4 роки тому +48767

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

  • @niall798
    @niall798 4 роки тому +11720

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

    • @ricks8139
      @ricks8139 4 роки тому +346

      🤣🤣this is one fucked up couple

    • @robertbordevik5072
      @robertbordevik5072 4 роки тому +710

      Bonnie and Clyde

    • @Naganita
      @Naganita 4 роки тому +89

      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 4 роки тому +103

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

    • @3piper
      @3piper 4 роки тому +389

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

  • @Tekdruid
    @Tekdruid 7 місяців тому +2299

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

    • @theultimatepielord8697
      @theultimatepielord8697 3 місяці тому +198

      His objective is chaos

    • @tanith117
      @tanith117 3 місяці тому

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

    • @lornbaker1083
      @lornbaker1083 3 місяці тому +101

      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 2 місяці тому +13

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

    • @EikottXD
      @EikottXD 2 місяці тому +7

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

  • @chonkywonder
    @chonkywonder 3 місяці тому +1344

    He is obviously immensely proud of this smart badger

    • @MsLadywasp
      @MsLadywasp 2 місяці тому +41

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

    • @AshleyPomeroy
      @AshleyPomeroy Місяць тому +37

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

    • @yeorges
      @yeorges 20 днів тому +4

      I love it

  • @prince_mar_mar2458
    @prince_mar_mar2458 3 роки тому +5404

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

    • @tomatotom984
      @tomatotom984 3 роки тому +676

      get rid of loose ends lmao

    • @jzenhenko
      @jzenhenko 3 роки тому +431

      thats how you know it was a message

    • @albanakarriqi9000
      @albanakarriqi9000 3 роки тому

      Puboyf9yf97t6

    • @lapiscake1211
      @lapiscake1211 3 роки тому +143

      stoffel is out for blood

    • @InnocentFormalities
      @InnocentFormalities 3 роки тому +109

      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

  • @bballah4lyfe
    @bballah4lyfe 4 роки тому +8299

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

  • @melvinathemagnificent9007
    @melvinathemagnificent9007 6 місяців тому +412

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

    • @flipchute
      @flipchute Місяць тому +3

      Holy smokes, yes!

    • @trey1477
      @trey1477 Місяць тому +3

      Gives me dennis the menace vibes 😂

    • @InfamousMax
      @InfamousMax Місяць тому +1

      STOFFEL!

    • @Twotone-ld1fb
      @Twotone-ld1fb 4 дні тому

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

  • @Dian...
    @Dian... 3 місяці тому +739

    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 3 місяці тому +1

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

    • @elena.3372
      @elena.3372 2 місяці тому +1

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

    • @steveroonie37
      @steveroonie37 2 місяці тому

      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 8 днів тому

      🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 YES !!

  • @ekdaufin1485
    @ekdaufin1485 4 роки тому +5451

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

    • @shartmaster7932
      @shartmaster7932 4 роки тому +60

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

    • @TheDyrehauge
      @TheDyrehauge 4 роки тому +139

      Only if you look, he didnt wait

    • @opalskyartwork
      @opalskyartwork 4 роки тому +53

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

    • @excite236
      @excite236 4 роки тому +58

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

    • @shaneredgate8628
      @shaneredgate8628 4 роки тому +8

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

  • @milascave2
    @milascave2 4 роки тому +6269

    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 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +159

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

    • @andersont2496
      @andersont2496 4 роки тому +181

      zen the lack of medication would be a bigger issue methinks

    • @AnthonyTheSeven
      @AnthonyTheSeven 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +321

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

  • @gigan2444
    @gigan2444 5 місяців тому +185

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

  • @blehbleh5095
    @blehbleh5095 2 місяці тому +133

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

  • @jujasname
    @jujasname 4 роки тому +22996

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

  • @skipjackjohnson5528
    @skipjackjohnson5528 4 роки тому +36104

    Stoffel now has an engineering degree and works for NASA.

    • @motley331
      @motley331 4 роки тому +734

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

    • @Whitelightnour
      @Whitelightnour 4 роки тому +43

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

    • @yonblek4542
      @yonblek4542 4 роки тому +216

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

    • @vladdracul5072
      @vladdracul5072 4 роки тому +74

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

    • @timelapse7454
      @timelapse7454 4 роки тому +12

      😂

  • @MrKelso85
    @MrKelso85 Місяць тому +85

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

    • @3takoyakis
      @3takoyakis Місяць тому

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

  • @saimanohara6399
    @saimanohara6399 4 місяці тому +314

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

    • @TyinAlaska
      @TyinAlaska 2 місяці тому

      Why are those life lessons?

    • @zinstonehead
      @zinstonehead 2 місяці тому +2

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

    • @Batfan166
      @Batfan166 Місяць тому

      This is gold!👍👍👍

    • @TheMinistryofLove
      @TheMinistryofLove Місяць тому +1

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

    • @Batfan166
      @Batfan166 Місяць тому

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

  • @RIPjkripper
    @RIPjkripper 4 роки тому +15853

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

    • @arthursibanda636
      @arthursibanda636 4 роки тому +240

      You're killing me

    • @Poldur
      @Poldur 4 роки тому +426

      Straight mad lad

    • @mjmj2960
      @mjmj2960 4 роки тому +43

      😂 😂 😂

    • @Wayne44ish
      @Wayne44ish 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +58

      @@Wayne44ish what race are you?

  • @blakenbake3953
    @blakenbake3953 3 роки тому +3602

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

    • @Pandalka
      @Pandalka 3 роки тому +150

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

    • @BijouBakson
      @BijouBakson 3 роки тому +11

      Haha

    • @hiitsme6639
      @hiitsme6639 3 роки тому +38

      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 3 роки тому +30

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

    • @Uneke
      @Uneke 3 роки тому +12

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

  • @nohandle508
    @nohandle508 Місяць тому +49

    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 ❤

  • @violentlyh
    @violentlyh Місяць тому +24

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

    • @Twotone-ld1fb
      @Twotone-ld1fb 4 дні тому

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

  • @sarmenpm1304
    @sarmenpm1304 4 роки тому +3745

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

    • @LittleBlacksheep1995
      @LittleBlacksheep1995 3 роки тому +127

      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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +2

      @@LittleBlacksheep1995 you better believe it

    • @ilickcarpet
      @ilickcarpet 3 роки тому +8

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

    • @agneshravindran1727
      @agneshravindran1727 3 роки тому +21

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

  • @ScionStorm1
    @ScionStorm1 4 роки тому +2621

    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 4 роки тому +257

      He came for his wife.

    • @EdsterIII
      @EdsterIII 4 роки тому +33

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

    • @nemo227
      @nemo227 4 роки тому +14

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

    • @stevethea5250
      @stevethea5250 4 роки тому +2

      @@nemo227 in my mausoleum

    • @Xeptar
      @Xeptar 4 роки тому +92

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

  • @mollycblaeser
    @mollycblaeser 3 місяці тому +18

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

  • @berendharmsen
    @berendharmsen 27 днів тому +4

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

  • @abnerherrera6090
    @abnerherrera6090 4 роки тому +35795

    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 4 роки тому +1342

      Abner Herrera he gets bored what else he gonna do

    • @QPham-nz5po
      @QPham-nz5po 4 роки тому +1559

      smart badger would run away and find some coke and hookers

    • @zachtrapper2398
      @zachtrapper2398 4 роки тому +906

      He knows where his bread is buttered

    • @dmilz2119
      @dmilz2119 4 роки тому +114

      Haha love it.

    • @gabrielbruni3924
      @gabrielbruni3924 4 роки тому +600

      Why he is not in the series
      "Prison break "

  • @metalmamasue3680
    @metalmamasue3680 3 роки тому +4804

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

    • @bathombre9739
      @bathombre9739 3 роки тому +72

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

    • @flowergirl5336
      @flowergirl5336 3 роки тому +8

      @@bathombre9739 do they really

    • @cianbarry9207
      @cianbarry9207 3 роки тому +10

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

    • @6timesbabyyy996
      @6timesbabyyy996 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @lyfer461
      @lyfer461 3 роки тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @user-ii1mr9kz5w
    @user-ii1mr9kz5w 6 місяців тому +6

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

  • @amazonlife2609
    @amazonlife2609 5 місяців тому +14

    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.

  • @hughjazz8416
    @hughjazz8416 4 роки тому +2002

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

    • @KURDinEXILE
      @KURDinEXILE 4 роки тому +37

      He actually does

    • @Kassy_1234
      @Kassy_1234 4 роки тому +4

      KURDinEXILE Lol actually does

  • @CognizantCheddar
    @CognizantCheddar 4 роки тому +12715

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

    • @KevinP32270
      @KevinP32270 4 роки тому +36

      lololol

    • @CognizantCheddar
      @CognizantCheddar 4 роки тому +157

      Slightly surprised this many ppl are getting this reference. Braveheart's 25 years old now.

    • @paso4808
      @paso4808 4 роки тому +11

      Lol lol lol lol

    • @arjent8247
      @arjent8247 4 роки тому +29

      Great Quote

    • @cherylkemp8954
      @cherylkemp8954 4 роки тому +5

      😆😆😆😆😵

  • @user-ui4yo6lh8b
    @user-ui4yo6lh8b 3 місяці тому +8

    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

  • @lisaharrod8386
    @lisaharrod8386 2 місяці тому +6

    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!

  • @gameguild2396
    @gameguild2396 3 роки тому +2833

    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.

    • @noodah2007
      @noodah2007 3 роки тому +15

      Wardens bedroom*

    • @JoeBlac
      @JoeBlac 3 роки тому +31

      @@noodah2007 *Warden's wife's bedroom

    • @meganpitt
      @meganpitt 3 роки тому +5

      Hahaha true. Also the replies are funny :p

    • @meganpitt
      @meganpitt 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @mtjoy747
      @mtjoy747 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @josiecloughessy4569
    @josiecloughessy4569 3 роки тому +5570

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

    • @eliara-thevoice8430
      @eliara-thevoice8430 3 роки тому +197

      Exactly. Let him be free.

    • @GeeWeLove
      @GeeWeLove 3 роки тому +109

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

    • @smilingknight4532
      @smilingknight4532 3 роки тому +234

      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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +11

      @@umbrellashotgunman key words “according to”

  • @KMV007
    @KMV007 Місяць тому +9

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

  • @siavashsohrabi4221
    @siavashsohrabi4221 Місяць тому +4

    They should make a video game based on this

  • @cousinjack2841
    @cousinjack2841 3 роки тому +6327

    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 3 роки тому +207

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

    • @cousinjack2841
      @cousinjack2841 3 роки тому +674

      @@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 3 роки тому +226

      ​@@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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +91

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

  • @qwmx
    @qwmx 4 роки тому +2434

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

    • @knighthonor44
      @knighthonor44 4 роки тому +27

      Lmao you know that's right

    • @russmartin9549
      @russmartin9549 4 роки тому +58

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

    • @ynoten
      @ynoten 4 роки тому +3

      What a gem this animal is

    • @stefanakosmar
      @stefanakosmar 4 роки тому

      1K nice

    • @1700zan
      @1700zan 4 роки тому +3

      Lmao he legendary

  • @YeahYeahb-tch
    @YeahYeahb-tch 4 місяці тому +2

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

  • @MeghanBean
    @MeghanBean 3 місяці тому +9

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

  • @Aethgeir
    @Aethgeir 4 роки тому +2367

    I want Stoffle on my apocalypse survival team.

  • @jamesbohling4864
    @jamesbohling4864 3 роки тому +6550

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

    • @helloidharbl6753
      @helloidharbl6753 3 роки тому +286

      This deserves a research grant.

    • @ykMMD
      @ykMMD 3 роки тому +34

      What animals have you raised?

    • @Robert53area
      @Robert53area 3 роки тому +255

      @@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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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

  • @mullajohn2803
    @mullajohn2803 2 місяці тому +6

    Stoffel is my spirit animal

  • @JillRhoads
    @JillRhoads Місяць тому +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?

  • @joeycottontail1715
    @joeycottontail1715 4 роки тому +1753

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

    • @megajcprincess4718
      @megajcprincess4718 4 роки тому +13

      😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

    • @johnturtle6649
      @johnturtle6649 4 роки тому +38

      Legend has it stoffle even got out of debt

    • @geoleo965
      @geoleo965 4 роки тому +25

      By also stealing his wife, possessions and whole identity.

    • @FourGodx
      @FourGodx 4 роки тому +3

      🤔🤯😱🤡

    • @7oy.boy77
      @7oy.boy77 4 роки тому +1

      Haha

  • @eltorpedo67
    @eltorpedo67 3 роки тому +2996

    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*"

  • @hanstaagen2066
    @hanstaagen2066 3 місяці тому +2

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

  • @visingh
    @visingh 26 днів тому +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).

  • @liv0whatever
    @liv0whatever 2 роки тому +6384

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

    • @adeepagamalath6301
      @adeepagamalath6301 2 роки тому +101

      Yes. So always put out some food and a trap whenever he escapes

    • @DarthTrishalla
      @DarthTrishalla 2 роки тому +12

      FACTS

    • @RaSheedapower
      @RaSheedapower 2 роки тому +27

      He's not a pet though

    • @FizzFizzFizzFizzFizz
      @FizzFizzFizzFizzFizz 2 роки тому +12

      "pet"

    • @Kavewolf1989
      @Kavewolf1989 2 роки тому +124

      Stouffel is like a prisoner breaking out of jail just to go to the wardens house to ask for some free packs of ramen.

  • @dmsviola1
    @dmsviola1 4 роки тому +2058

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

    • @jakeb3055
      @jakeb3055 4 роки тому +1

      LilyLaya your 200th like. 👍

    • @Gblonkers
      @Gblonkers 4 роки тому +3

      You’re really that stupid?

    • @dofehino5444
      @dofehino5444 4 роки тому +15

      @@Gblonkers well the mud rolling got me by surprise

    • @dmsviola1
      @dmsviola1 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +9

      @Puking Dino Whatever makes you feel more powerful dude.

  • @jc1872
    @jc1872 Місяць тому +5

    Houdini reincarnated as a honey badger.

  • @oneplus5225
    @oneplus5225 6 місяців тому +3

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

  • @silentbliss7666
    @silentbliss7666 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +58

      @@Z0Z99 he needs a straitjacket😂

    • @Xalerdane
      @Xalerdane 4 роки тому +472

      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 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +289

      @@stevethea5250 what..

  • @smurfsrasexual
    @smurfsrasexual 4 роки тому +2529

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

    • @SnoopCatts
      @SnoopCatts 4 роки тому +44

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

    • @marsharbour5906
      @marsharbour5906 4 роки тому +110

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

    • @mathildewesendonck7225
      @mathildewesendonck7225 4 роки тому +9

      will charlton 😂😂😂👍 Hilarious

    • @Marko..895
      @Marko..895 4 роки тому +5

      will charlton, hahahahahahahaha

    • @daradiant1
      @daradiant1 4 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @My_Cal
    @My_Cal 7 місяців тому +3

    Bro is the real Mr Unchained

  • @POPPYTHERED
    @POPPYTHERED 5 місяців тому +4

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

  • @phendformyself
    @phendformyself 3 роки тому +2501

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

    • @stoybenxi7395
      @stoybenxi7395 3 роки тому +24

      One word, moats.

    • @raptin1595
      @raptin1595 3 роки тому +40

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

    • @oisindaly9693
      @oisindaly9693 3 роки тому +14

      @@stoybenxi7395 guided missiles

    • @ikno3833
      @ikno3833 3 роки тому +8

      That meme of Rhino escaping
      Ohh muh god

    • @I_the_Taco
      @I_the_Taco 3 роки тому +5

      quick we need mark rober

  • @Jason-me1bs
    @Jason-me1bs 4 роки тому +1540

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

  • @redfo3009
    @redfo3009 Місяць тому +8

    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 7 днів тому

      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.

  • @AlucardHellsing-ct4ej
    @AlucardHellsing-ct4ej 7 місяців тому +1

    Stoffle’s little dance is adorable

  • @Kimera_Alternate_Realities
    @Kimera_Alternate_Realities 4 роки тому +1763

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

  • @dontassumemyfender9866
    @dontassumemyfender9866 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +41

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @joenobody5913
      @joenobody5913 Рік тому +91

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

    • @samuellowekey9271
      @samuellowekey9271 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +2

      🤣🤣

    • @joenobody5913
      @joenobody5913 Рік тому +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

  • @stephgreen3070
    @stephgreen3070 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @PettyTendergrasp
    @PettyTendergrasp 4 роки тому +3058

    2024: Stoffle becomes CEO of a Global Security Company

    • @JonnyParker-
      @JonnyParker- 4 роки тому +51

      2026 he nukes the planet

    • @mrmathmonkey9582
      @mrmathmonkey9582 4 роки тому +68

      21000 he escapes reality

    • @michaelweston409
      @michaelweston409 4 роки тому +7

      goutham 😂 this comment chain ahaha

    • @prathamshukla1280
      @prathamshukla1280 4 роки тому +9

      2050 he saved the world from climate changes

    • @geoleo965
      @geoleo965 4 роки тому +11

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

  • @virgojones2670
    @virgojones2670 4 роки тому +3138

    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 4 роки тому +37

      "Accomplish the problem?"

    • @Snadaaahhh
      @Snadaaahhh 4 роки тому

      Was thinking the exact same thing

    • @ThePackDad
      @ThePackDad 4 роки тому +25

      I would argue that he "solved" the problems.

    • @theoldschooldiva374
      @theoldschooldiva374 4 роки тому +1

      Exactly

    • @kevo300
      @kevo300 4 роки тому +61

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

  • @invariablybefuddled4415
    @invariablybefuddled4415 4 дні тому

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

  • @kitwing2904
    @kitwing2904 7 місяців тому +1

    Stoffel is laughing at their efforts to keep him in.😂😂😂

  • @okihabu9805
    @okihabu9805 3 роки тому +2515

    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

    • @kingduly3217
      @kingduly3217 3 роки тому +118

      No it was going to kill him

    • @lilolmecj
      @lilolmecj 3 роки тому +7

      Me too! They are totally adorable.

    • @clm0208
      @clm0208 3 роки тому +67

      Actually the honey badger is lookign for ways to lock the family in the house.

    • @brianlevine249
      @brianlevine249 3 роки тому +10

      No that's phase 2

    • @melanoc3tusii205
      @melanoc3tusii205 3 роки тому +1

      *he

  • @FreddyJedd
    @FreddyJedd Рік тому +5173

    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 9 місяців тому +774

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

    • @MyHomeIsVegas-nc1fb
      @MyHomeIsVegas-nc1fb 9 місяців тому +71

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @dekuuchiha9990
      @dekuuchiha9990 9 місяців тому +41

      @@Solitude1990 anything for the views

    • @sarahjulianne2954
      @sarahjulianne2954 8 місяців тому +206

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

    • @ThomasBarone
      @ThomasBarone 8 місяців тому +189

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

  • @derekbaker777
    @derekbaker777 3 місяці тому +1

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

  • @Thephillips-dj1po
    @Thephillips-dj1po 4 місяці тому +1

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

  • @you_just
    @you_just 3 роки тому +2720

    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 3 роки тому +55

      Like the joker

    • @coolgreenbug7551
      @coolgreenbug7551 3 роки тому +107

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

    • @timminh468
      @timminh468 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @erzascarlett5042
      @erzascarlett5042 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +13

      it's enrichment

  • @joshuasuey1963
    @joshuasuey1963 4 роки тому +1900

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

  • @PJOZeus
    @PJOZeus 5 днів тому +1

    Reminder - the first few times he escaped, was to go and challenge the lions in a neighbouring enclosure.
    He got maimed quite badly, that’s why they’re trying to keep him in

  • @mongoose621
    @mongoose621 2 роки тому +6107

    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 Рік тому +203

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

    • @rascal211
      @rascal211 Рік тому +124

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

    • @wcc4269
      @wcc4269 Рік тому +49

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

    • @vinny6935
      @vinny6935 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +49

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

  • @SeemsLikeSomething
    @SeemsLikeSomething 4 роки тому +603

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

  • @Hana-F
    @Hana-F 6 місяців тому +2

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

  • @infinitygauntlet101
    @infinitygauntlet101 День тому

    Stoffel is the definition of chaos is a ladder.

  • @Nina-ig2gv
    @Nina-ig2gv 8 місяців тому +2514

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

  • @stugg
    @stugg 4 роки тому +1350

    Stoffle upon entering the caretaker's bedroom:
    "I need yah clothes, yah boots, and yah motocycle."

  • @williamstark9568
    @williamstark9568 14 днів тому

    Stoffel: Your mistake was leaving me ANYTHING I could work with.

  • @Eli-akad
    @Eli-akad 2 місяці тому +3

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

  • @Ben-j-king
    @Ben-j-king 4 роки тому +1010

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

    • @Bennevisie
      @Bennevisie 4 роки тому +6

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

    • @Kev376
      @Kev376 4 роки тому +4

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

    • @fireyflower6643
      @fireyflower6643 4 роки тому

      lolol

    • @shashankdesaiii
      @shashankdesaiii 4 роки тому

      😆😂😂

    • @enthusiaststraw7196
      @enthusiaststraw7196 4 роки тому

      😂😂😂

  • @d2cuadrados510
    @d2cuadrados510 4 роки тому +2873

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

    • @darylholden187
      @darylholden187 4 роки тому +41

      underrated comment +

    • @ln5321
      @ln5321 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +10

      Haha!!
      Yes
      True!!!

    • @lildoc
      @lildoc 4 роки тому +66

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

    • @TonyEnglandUK
      @TonyEnglandUK 4 роки тому +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............

  • @mrindia1395
    @mrindia1395 3 місяці тому +2

    Intelligent little beast 😊

  • @BroCoby
    @BroCoby Місяць тому +2

    Stoffel often shows up randomly on my recommended

  • @jbre7233
    @jbre7233 4 роки тому +2855

    I want, no, NEED, more stoffle stories.

    • @jaystrong2618
      @jaystrong2618 4 роки тому +35

      I couldnt agree more. My whole worldview has been shifted

    • @juninho8107
      @juninho8107 4 роки тому +3

      ua-cam.com/video/45EbX3XPuqM/v-deo.html

    • @micahjaynes7505
      @micahjaynes7505 4 роки тому

      ikr

    • @harlowitter3060
      @harlowitter3060 4 роки тому +19

      We all want more of this savage little smartass😂

    • @gwest111
      @gwest111 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/45EbX3XPuqM/v-deo.html

  • @prestonjones1653
    @prestonjones1653 4 роки тому +359

    "He had no choice but to build his own Badger Alcatraz."
    *Stoffel escapes five minutes later*

  • @nubianqueenwxndering
    @nubianqueenwxndering 24 дні тому

    Not Stoffel trying to hypnotise you with his truthful hips @ 3:35 😂😂😂😂

  • @justaregularguy1234
    @justaregularguy1234 6 днів тому

    "It's not about the escape, it's about sending a message"
    -Stoffel

  • @GamerM1235
    @GamerM1235 4 роки тому +1393

    You can take one thing with you to prison. I choose Honey Badger.

  • @neokusabi
    @neokusabi 4 роки тому +1472

    "After Stoffle's severe mauling by the lions..."
    I bet Stoffle wanted a second go at the lions. Probably went looking for a gun at his master's place.

    • @victoriannecastle
      @victoriannecastle 4 роки тому +20

      Second one didn't go well. He got injured
      There's a full video of it.
      58mins

    • @ReySchultz121
      @ReySchultz121 4 роки тому +14

      Is there a 3rd one, and by chance did he somehow grab a shotgun for the lions?

    • @1984magu
      @1984magu 4 роки тому +2

      He doesn't Need a gun against Lions

    • @werty21100
      @werty21100 4 роки тому +15

      Lion 🦁: ready for round 2 small fry 😈
      Honey badger 🦡: im gonna show you who's the real king of the jungle here (preparing gun noises) 👉☠
      Lion 🦁: oohh shit 😱

    • @tristanlau1213
      @tristanlau1213 4 роки тому +5

      🦡: Say hello to my little friend! *pump shotgun*

  • @MarioBeart
    @MarioBeart 8 днів тому +1

    Lupin and Zenigata 🥰

  • @TIOLIOfficial
    @TIOLIOfficial Місяць тому +1

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

  • @klik2581
    @klik2581 3 роки тому +1622

    Can you imagine the balls on Stoffel. He escapes and what he does, he has options : 1) Freedom or 2) go rub in the fact that he escaped AGAIN right inside the mans house

    • @gunsoverglory
      @gunsoverglory 3 роки тому +13

      Solid comment XD

    • @Zen-751
      @Zen-751 3 роки тому +17

      To bad he broke a window to get in, would have been funnier if he didn't. Don't get me wrong That part was super funny though

    • @LuisHernandez-sf5hf
      @LuisHernandez-sf5hf 3 роки тому +22

      At this point he doesn’t run away because he likes the challenge and has fun with it 😂

    • @zephyrcublee
      @zephyrcublee 3 роки тому +11

      And broke into THE BEDROOM NO LESS.

    • @zephyrcublee
      @zephyrcublee 3 роки тому +1

      @@Zen-751 omgosh THAT IS THE FUNNIEST PART ITS LIKE THE YOGI BEAR N THE RANGER..

  • @Rumplesti1tskin
    @Rumplesti1tskin Рік тому +4290

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

    • @astoldbytheolyn4382
      @astoldbytheolyn4382 Рік тому +19

      True dat

    • @EsotericOccultist
      @EsotericOccultist Рік тому

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

    • @semdavidanger
      @semdavidanger Рік тому +7

      Yep,.

    • @ca9968
      @ca9968 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +3

      You must live in an urban area

  • @tylersharp1377
    @tylersharp1377 Місяць тому +1

    Dude's cunning as hell. 😭😂😅

  • @tordlindgren2123
    @tordlindgren2123 Місяць тому +2

    I just love them.

  • @jonathancoleman7471
    @jonathancoleman7471 3 роки тому +912

    He’s lowkey so proud of him 😂😂

  • @Razor2048
    @Razor2048 7 років тому +2411

    Why not just explain to them why you want them to stay in the enclosure, then see if some kind of agreement can be worked out?

    • @zegrasisinnocent
      @zegrasisinnocent 7 років тому +185

      Have you ever tried to talk to a Honey Badger though? Maybe you just never asked correctly.

    • @darkfox1990
      @darkfox1990 7 років тому +57

      Hey, Israel is trying that out. Let's wait and see if it works.

    • @superduper853
      @superduper853 7 років тому +2

      dammit gnar

    • @resourceonline2979
      @resourceonline2979 7 років тому +123

      Because honey badger don't give a shit

    • @mikeldogelas8910
      @mikeldogelas8910 7 років тому +10

      +nevaR Just turn it off and turn it back on, see if it works