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

[@emmaato967]

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

[@jstnhnh]

Emma Ato 😂😂😂

[@monkey3.027]

Too 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝

[@kimmcgaughey5639]

Lmao 😂

[@alphamenson3784]

Lmao

[@738polarbear]

Ha ha ha GREAT comment . His wife is counting the gate receipts.

[@abnerherrera6090]

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]

Abner Herrera he gets bored what else he gonna do

[@QPham-nz5po]

smart badger would run away and find some coke and hookers

[@zachtrapper2398]

He knows where his bread is buttered

[@dmilz2119]

Haha love it.

[@gabrielbruni3924]

Why he is not in the series "Prison break "

[@gameguild2396]

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]

Wardens bedroom*

[@JoeBlac]

@@Shaymin0 *Warden's wife's bedroom

[@meganpitt]

Hahaha true. Also the replies are funny :p

[@meganpitt]

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

[@mtjoy747]

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

[@blehbleh5095]

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

[@niall798]

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

[@ricks8139]

🤣🤣this is one fucked up couple

[@robertbordevik5072]

Bonnie and Clyde

[@Naganita]

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]

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

[@3piper]

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

[@blakenbake3953]

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

[@Pandalka]

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

[@BijouBakson]

Haha

[@hiitsme6639]

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]

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

[@Uneke]

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

[@cousinjack2841]

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]

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

[@cousinjack2841]

@@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]

​@@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!

[@KatherineUribe-1]

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]

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

[@nohandle508]

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 is 26 years old and still doing well. My heart ❤

[@K6tf1sh]

Omg same and your update just made me so happy 🥺🥰

[@GordonCaledonia]

Stoffel will never die, not in spirit anyway, he's a true force of Nature!

[@Esquarious]

May he live long and prosper.

[@RIPjkripper]

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

[@arthursibanda636]

You're killing me

[@Poldur]

Straight mad lad

[@mjmj2960]

😂 😂 😂

[@Wayne44ish]

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]

@@Wayne44ish what race are you?

[@milascave2]

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]

@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]

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

[@andersont2496]

zen the lack of medication would be a bigger issue methinks

[@AnthonyTheSeven]

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]

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

[@sarmenpm1304]

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

[@LittleBlacksheep1995]

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]

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]

@@LittleBlacksheep1995 you better believe it

[@ilickcarpet]

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

[@agneshravindran1727]

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

[@danzigvssartre]

If Stoffel didn’t think the place was an easy meal ticket, by now he probably would have stolen a car and driven right out of there.😂

[@ElfarMcGreger-u9t]

Underrated comment 😂

[@hughjazz8416]

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

[@KURDinEXILE]

He actually does

[@Kassy_1234]

KURDinEXILE Lol actually does

[@jujasname]

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

[@fireyflower6643]

er both

[@susanpower2649]

Hilarious and true

[@C00kii0]

😂🤣😂😂😩

[@missblack5203]

😂😂😂😂

[@huskyneira]

Untitled Badger

[@wexpyke]

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

[@Ivishkadinesh]

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

[@DarthTrishalla]

FACTS

[@RaSheedapower]

He's not a pet though

[@FizzFizzFizzFizzFizz]

"pet"

[@Kavewolf1989]

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

[@berendharmsen]

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

[@OntarioGuy430]

This is the first time I have seen it - I am excited to rewatch it in a year or two.

[@berendharmsen]

@@OntarioGuy430 And this is just a fragment from an entire documentary about Stoffel and his girlfriend that is worth watching. And thanks to your comment, I just watched the clip again :-)

[@81722Les]

Bro still alive at 26yrs if age

[@prince_mar_mar2458]

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

[@tomatotom984]

get rid of loose ends lmao

[@jzenhenko]

thats how you know it was a message

[@albanakarriqi9000]

Puboyf9yf97t6

[@lapiscake1211]

stoffel is out for blood

[@InnocentFormalities]

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]

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

[@shartmaster7932]

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

[@TheDyrehauge]

Only if you look, he didnt wait

[@opalskycanvas]

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

[@excite236]

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

[@shaneredgate8628]

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

[@skipjackjohnson5528]

Stoffel now has an engineering degree and works for NASA.

[@motley331]

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

[@Whitelightnour]

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

[@yonblek4542]

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

[@vladdracul5072]

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

[@timelapse7454]

😂

[@MrKelso85]

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

[@3takoyakis]

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

[@Ramon-k1x]

Sneaky and smart and powerful and cute he is a very good little guy who is scared of nothing but not having a good snack before dinner hehehehe.

[@jbre7233]

I want, no, NEED, more stoffle stories.

[@jaystrong2618]

I couldnt agree more. My whole worldview has been shifted

[@juninho8107]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/amaok4tpjbWop68

[@micahjaynes7505]

ikr

[@harlowitter3060]

We all want more of this savage little smartass😂

[@gwest111]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/amaok4tpjbWop68

[@CognizantCheddar]

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

[@KevinP32270]

lololol

[@CognizantCheddar]

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

[@paso4808]

Lol lol lol lol

[@arjent8247]

Great Quote

[@cherylkemp8954]

😆😆😆😆😵

[@mongoose621]

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]

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

[@rascal211]

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

[@wcc4269]

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

[@vinny6935]

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]

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

[@mollycblaeser]

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

[@qwmx]

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

[@knighthonor44]

Lmao you know that's right

[@russmartin9549]

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

[@ynoten]

What a gem this animal is

[@stefanakosmar]

1K nice

[@1700zan]

Lmao he legendary

[@bballah4lyfe]

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

[@elvisbambara7253]

Good one

[@yayaksalam3541]

😂

[@ricflair9372]

😂😂😂😂😂 damn this the one

[@riddickxander7983]

Escaped from the womb! That's great.

[@geoleo965]

Have my vote, 1st time to hear an original joke.

[@Aethgeir]

I want Stoffle on my apocalypse survival team.

[@nl3712]

“Stoffel”

[@faizalbinibrahim6871]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ericaviolet3694]

He'd get out but you'd be the dead meat😆

[@thanos8914]

I need him on my team

[@trevoranthonyjamesherbert2963]

He'd kill you and use your corpse to climb a fence.

[@visingh]

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).

[@josiecloughessy4569]

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

[@eliara-thevoice8430]

Exactly. Let him be free.

[@GeeWeLove]

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

[@smilingknight4532]

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]

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]

@@umbrellashotgunman key words “according to”

[@ScionStorm1]

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]

He came for his wife.

[@EdsterIII]

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

[@nemo227]

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

[@stevethea5250]

@@nemo227 in my mausoleum

[@Xeptar]

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

[@FreddyJedd]

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]

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

[@MyHomeIsVegas-nc1fb]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dekuuchiha9990]

@@Solitude1990 anything for the views

[@sarahjulianne2954]

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

[@ThomasBarone]

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

[@redfo3009]

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.

[@emokpaeayi-vq7vz9de9o]

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.

[@TobiasReiner-o8g]

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.

[@joeycottontail1715]

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

[@megajcprincess4718]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@johnturtle6649]

Legend has it stoffle even got out of debt

[@geoleo965]

By also stealing his wife, possessions and whole identity.

[@GeneralX-s3m]

🤔🤯😱🤡

[@7oy.boy77]

Haha

[@silentbliss7666]

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]

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]

@@Z0Z99 he needs a straitjacket😂

[@Xalerdane]

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]

@@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]

@@stevethea5250 what..

[@virgojones2670]

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]

"Accomplish the problem?"

[@Snadaaahhh]

Was thinking the exact same thing

[@ThePackDad]

I would argue that he "solved" the problems.

[@theoldschooldiva374]

Exactly

[@kevo300]

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

[@wallrider4194]

Now people love honey badgers more than ever.

[@d2cuadrados510]

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

[@darylholden187]

underrated comment +

[@ln5321]

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]

Haha!! Yes True!!!

[@lildoc]

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

[@TonyEnglandUK]

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............

[@jamesbohling4864]

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

[@helloidharbl6753]

This deserves a research grant.

[@ykMMD]

What animals have you raised?

[@Robert53area]

@@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]

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

[@PJOZeus]

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]

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

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

I love how much affection that keeper has for his little mate.

[@SameerPrehistorica]

😄

[@jeremiahhudson302]

😭😭 stoffel was like ohhhh shiddddd

[@LD-jb5zi]

Like bruh knows he has a human name lmaooo

[@ophirbactrius8285]

Stoffel to keeper be like : " Aha, gotcha! I found you!"

[@lisaharrod8386]

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!

[@andrewtow420]

Western Kansas? Honey badger?

[@Rumplesti1tskin]

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

[@astoldbytheolyn4382]

True dat

[@EsotericOccultist]

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

[@semdavidanger]

Yep,.

[@ca9968]

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]

You must live in an urban area

[@Tekdruid]

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

[@theultimatepielord8697]

His objective is chaos

[@tanith117]

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

[@lornbaker1083]

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]

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

[@EikottXD]

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

[@metalmamasue3680]

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

[@bathombre9739]

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

[@flowergirl5336]

@@bathombre9739 do they really

[@cianbarry9207]

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

[@6timesbabyyy996]

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

[@lyfer461]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@George-gf5xs]

I saw this documentary a couple of years ago and couldnt stop talking and telling people about this program and how intelligence meets cunning + fearlessness, the ultimate animal.

[@phendformyself]

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

[@stoybenxi7395]

One word, moats.

[@raptin1595]

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

[@oisindaly9693]

@@stoybenxi7395 guided missiles

[@ikno3833]

That meme of Rhino escaping Ohh muh god

[@I_the_Taco]

quick we need mark rober

[@you_just]

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]

Like the joker

[@coolgreenbug7551]

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

[@timminh468]

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

[@erzascarlett5042]

@@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]

it's enrichment

[@bootesvoid1275]

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

[@Em_Rey]

Exactly what it seems 😂😂😂

[@solidsnaker1992]

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

[@guitardzan5641]

Stoffel is escaping to warn the other animals about Brian.

[@nickv.5748]

That's a love !

[@Chaosproscho]

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.

[@stephgreen3070]

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

[@bantumwt]

I hope that someday Stoffel will write a book about his adventures.

[@teha17]

he bit a lion in the tenders 0-0

[@emmarask5784]

he’s writing it right now

[@lumpenproletarier9584]

He's the honeybadger papillon.

[@anticovidnineteen1290]

😂😂😂

[@j4genius961]

The funny part is that if you replace the 'o' in his name with an 'a' you get the world 'staffel' which means 'chapter' in German.

[@mortalclown3812]

(Jan.'23).Stoffel is still alive and well...and somehow still in his enclosure.. What an awesome creature..

[@phoenix21studios]

:3

[@sgtblackrock4997]

They're learning from us...all animals are. Lions are taking care of their injured and sick pride members in some places now.

[@MrDibara]

​@@sgtblackrock4997Pretty sure that's something lions always did since forever and we just recently been able to observe that. _(though of course, different prides are like different tribes, they each have their own rules)_

[@TonyEnglandUK]

(I'm not doubting you) but where did you get the info he was still alive and well?

[@musicgirl12357]

I guess the grim reaper is too amused to kill him.

[@joshdrake981]

Stoffel rolling up mud balls for them to harden and then climbing them I actually find insane. I wouldn’t even be able to think of that

[@watermelonlalala]

Stoffel is the Tesla of the animal world.

[@divyapari9164]

exactly

[@Duck-bp3kq]

Josh Drake you would man

[@pippavombr5856]

When I saw how he used the rocks for escaping and they took all the rocks out my next thought was "and now he will be using the dirt next" 👍 Smart little guy, just keep them on their toes 😂

[@_sneer_]

@@watermelonlalala nah, he has better range and doesn't leak water inside

[@cassiedeehoo]

Let's be real. . Both of them are both amazing escape artists. It was a joint effort and a joint orchestration.

[@SeemsLikeSomething]

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

[@stoneomountain2390]

This is what happens when when you hand rear an intelligent wild animal. They get used to the smell of softener in your duvet.

[@lovedicedtomatoes9653]

HaHa! It's true.

[@youhustlinmeboi5335]

LMAO oh god that made my day.

[@nanobreaker]

Stone o'Mountain lmao wtf 😂😂😂

[@skipjackjohnson5528]

Lol. Stoffle

[@JackSparrowTheCAPTAIN]

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

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

lol cue the benny hill music

[@RobertSmith-le8wp]

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

[@0IIIIII]

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

[@jacobcastillo9275]

Lol that part made me laugh too

[@NotWatchingTV]

Stoffels chunky butt just bopping around LOL

[@dekuvisuals9847]

The fact that he had no intention of leaving and still managed to escape that's another level of intelligence

[@themermaidstale5008]

It reminds me of the 60s British science fiction series “The Prisoner” starring Patrick McGoohan. He’d been a secret agent who angrily resigned “as a matter of conscience “. He gets kidnapped and is held captive in a “village”. He kept trying to escape but was always captured and sent back.

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

@@themermaidstale5008 I'm so glad you typed that comment, you've reminded me what a superb television series The Prisoner was. Even the opening titles and theme song were superb.

[@sarebear5207]

Its cos he was a pet. And also that boring enclosure would be pure hell for an intelligent animal like that

[@infinidominion]

And that he can do it for the cameras 😂

[@switch12345678]

@@sarebear5207 I found smth about the zoo in Cologne (Germany), when they received a badger family: >>High security for honey badgers Although they only arrived two weeks ago, the badger family [of three] has already inspected their system closely and checked for weak points, despite the "jet lag" [from the States]. Sliwa [trustee]: "The first thing they did was crack our door handles." They are now mechanically secured. The facility is now protected by a particularly close-meshed and strong wire fence, which was also covered with plastic. Protection against digging under was installed and everything "that is not nailed down" was fastened. "They pull everything out," says Sliwa. All trees were chained and firmly wedged, grids were welded in, pipes were cemented in and water connections were fitted with steel collars. The earth basin was lined with strong wire, and the water basin was concreted in. With their strong forearms and claws, honey badgers open almost every crevice. "We even putty the stones so that they don't damage the safety glass."

[@Shaz73]

I've never seen an animal able to problem solve to the degree Stoffel does. The mud balls blew my mind, he's a genius! I love that honey badger🤣🤣🤣

[@jonathancoleman7471]

He’s lowkey so proud of him 😂😂

[@dusanbjekovic6071]

LOL

[@devontef.8943]

I would be proud too 😂😂

[@SyncedJay]

Mans is to smart for them

[@clayongunzelle9555]

you can hear it in his voice

[@isaaconyach9401]

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

[@abelis644]

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]

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

[@ragnkja]

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

[@ragnkja]

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

[@ragnkja]

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.

[@kingofbunga]

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

[@kingdombladesventus]

Now that makes a good novel story idea!~

[@Pro1truth]

Looooool

[@Trendkilla]

I love how they in an attempt to calm him down ended up giving him an accomplice.

[@Lime-kw6tz]

Just like Joker and Harley Quinn

[@skipjackjohnson5528]

Lmao.lol

[@sinniho7873]

Partners in crime

[@lindaleelaw5277]

Kruut Von Trendkilla hes a guy, and well......lol

[@rachelhmua]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@eltorpedo67]

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*"

[@praveennayak3154]

Rorschach

[@nicklevi5537]

A comedian died tonight.

[@solarpanel8195]

Lmao gold

[@99fruitbat]

Good one 👍🤣

[@chano6555]

I thought you were kidding

[@violentlyh]

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

[@Twotone-ld1fb]

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

[@Jason-me1bs]

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

[@stephendriver4656]

😂😂😂😂

[@daviddulom8258]

😅

[@arj_813]

😂😂💀💀💀💯

[@stephendriver4656]

Stoffle is so good

[@mcmic1212]

Too funny!

[@joshuasuey1963]

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

[@IamTheGoat24]

hell is lit af great one

[@thalmoragent9344]

hell is lit af 😅

[@presssack]

And there it is.

[@CalintzJerevinan546]

You seriously need to learn proper English.

[@johnmccormick5249]

@@CalintzJerevinan546 Bruh

[@katelynrushe9025]

“After Stoffel’s severe mauling by the lions, Brian knew that he had to get his badger under control,” sounds like the opening line of a fantastic novel.

[@nishav101822]

Phrasing

[@nvoid2597]

Lol

[@malinko35]

@@nishav101822 😉

[@isleofdead1337]

Fun fact: after Stoffel healed from his injuries he broke out of his own enclosure, broke back into the lion’s, fought them and won.

[@tonberrykinged]

@@isleofdead1337 I think it was the other way around, if I remember rightly. The first time he got in to the lion's pen, he successfully fought the lion, but second time the lion was ready and gave him a mauling.

[@zedvids]

It took 10 yrs for the algorithm to place this in my feed and i enjoyed it, stoffel is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@as.9893]

People are ignoring the fact that this is all done after being mauled by a lion. This badger is a legend

[@Nardypants]

Are you sure it's not Stoffel that mauled the lion?

[@tanith117]

@Eugene Flores Honey badger regularly steal food from lions. They Give No Fucks.

[@humanistreason]

Thats why they are trying to secure the beast, to protect the poor lions

[@Xeniumnebula]

Theres video of a honeybadger taking on 6 lions and he walks away at the end like it was nothing.

[@brandon9152]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahaheheh

[@stugg]

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

[@ape8887]

“Do I look like I’m frickin around?!”

[@misjosh81]

Who’s Zed?

[@Bdiddy714]

Lmao

[@darkfeffy]

...and your wife

[@chrishandsome4267]

misjosh81 wrong movie dog

[@Dian...]

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]

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

[@elena.3372]

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

[@steveroonie37]

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]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 YES !!

[@andrewstanworth529]

Stoffel is the spirit we need right now. Never give up AND a sense of humour.

[@siavashsohrabi4221]

They should make a video game based on this

[@dontassumemyfender9866]

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.

[@joenobody5913]

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

[@samuellowekey9271]

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

[@richardetab7779]

🤣🤣

[@joenobody5913]

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

[@samuellowekey9271]

@@joenobody5913 I didn't say barbed wire, i meant the same type of wire fencing you saw the badgers climbing up to open the gate to their enclosure, but i know your just thinking of the badgers safety, all the best.

[@sylvestermalifa1653]

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

[@Bennevisie]

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

[@disastergoblin65]

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

[@MegaNugget12]

No he WILL DIE

[@0riginal_zer030]

If.

[@TophatMilo]

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

[@logan4937]

I just love the parts where he is caught and the chaser is like "Stoffle!" And then Stoffle looks at him and starts running away. Classic Stoffle!

[@BLUDDYknucklez]

and he makes that cute little grunt or snort sound.

[@johnarellano5330]

I kept thinking this would be something in a cartoon

[@ravelismyhubby91]

My favourite part, too!

[@FlorianBased]

Almost got a heart attack laughing about "Classic Stoffle"

[@el34glo59]

Lol classic Stoffle

[@JillRhoads]

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?

[@dmsviola1]

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

[@CaptWuppazz]

LilyLaya your 200th like. 👍

[@Gblonkers]

You’re really that stupid?

[@dofehino5444]

@@Gblonkers well the mud rolling got me by surprise

[@dmsviola1]

@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]

@Puking Dino Whatever makes you feel more powerful dude.

[@neokusabi]

"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]

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

[@ReySchultz121]

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

[@1984magu]

He doesn't Need a gun against Lions

[@werty21100]

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]

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

[@tylerjensen9438]

For all those saying free Stoffel, I looked up his story online. Apparently he was raised by a farmer before being taken to this wildlife rehabilitation center. While other honey badgers at the facility returned to the wild Stoffel likes hunting his neighbors, breaking into the center’s kitchen and picking fights with lions, hence why he has to be locked up.

[@melancholy4303]

He sound like a really bored genius who loves to create trouble just to not get bored

[@CarlVandenberg]

No need to free Stoffel, it looks like he frees himself on a regular basis.

[@JillLSmith-ls7hy]

thank you for bringing that up - i was literally just thinking "maybe the poor guy just wants to be free and go home to the wild". So is it that he has simply been domesticated enough that he wants to stay near humans, just not be locked up? lol wtf kind of honey badger goes and starts trouble with a LION?!

[@tylerjensen9438]

Jill, it’s probably not accurate to say domesticated but rather that he’s used to them and likes having the food supply of the kitchens. As for him going up against lions, honey badgers are crazy. They can sleep off venomous snake bites and they fight off larger animals by mauling their groins first.

[@doedesjel]

Those animals are strongly dominant.... In the wildlife as well as in captivity. It's how they are! They are treating this poor couple like they have a condemn to spend! I would kidnap a young relative of yours and see what you'll say!

[@brendahamblin4559]

Stoffel is my all time hero 🥰🤣

[@klik2581]

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]

Solid comment XD

[@Zen-751]

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]

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

[@zephyrcublee]

And broke into THE BEDROOM NO LESS.

[@zephyrcublee]

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

[@sandyjamison5929]

That was nothing more than a game & enrichment for Stoffell. I loved how the keepers would run after him yelling his name 😂❤️

[@joeruiz4010]

And of course, he just ignored his handlers like a rowdy teenager. He was getting so much pleasure and enjoyment f****** around and driving his human handlers crazy.

[@forhimbyher2689]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MasqueradeDiva]

lmaooooooo! Those parts had me cracking up! Them yelling his name running after him! This is all a fun game to him and I love this so much!

[@jennjennsuu]

Yes 😂 you could just tell he was snickering the whole way through

[@kevinamundsen6983]

I cracked up at that too 😂

[@Ben-j-king]

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

[@Bennevisie]

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

[@Kev376]

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

[@fireyflower6643]

lolol

[@shashankdesaiii]

😆😂😂

[@Eternalenthusiast7197]

😂😂😂

[@Mysurreallifeworld]

I've seen the same thing said about several different animals. I think it's safe to say that the animal kingdom is underrated!

[@turkeyman100]

I was genuinely astonished watching Stoffel and Hammy open the door, and seeing him figure out ways to escape his alcatraz.

[@MrDibara]

I love how the handlers have probably gotten SO USED to their shenaningans, some of them decided _"y'know what? let's just stand here and film them, for posterity's sake."_ Like, I don't blame them, at some point I would've started doing that too! 😂

[@renatojrodriguez7469]

Stoffel is way smarter and useful than king Charles😂😂

[@zappababe8577]

The way the guy carefully wrapped the wire around the bolt, thinking that would hold them in. Nope! The girl badger causally pushes off the loops of wire and pulls the bolt back!

[@babagalacticus]

@@renatojrodriguez7469NOT a very high bar actually; you're quite insulting stoffel.

[@Albukhshi]

@@renatojrodriguez7469 There you go: crown him King Stoffel I!

[@RedCrusaderArc]

"Get busy living or get busy dying"- Stoffel

[@robertsheffield4044]

"Fort Hancock, Texas please." - Stoffel

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

"We sat and drank ice cold Bohemian style beer" -Stoffel

[@robertsheffield4044]

"The funny thing is, on the outside, I was an honest honey badger, straight as an arrow. I had to come to Moholoholo to be a crook." - Stoffel

[@hunterhu2202]

Stoffel's wife: I remember thinking it would take a honey badger 600 years to tunnel through the wall with it. Stoffel did it in less than 20.

[@zakariah9800]

“Ahh crikey, the BBC’s back. Haven’t I escaped enough for them... but, the show must go on” -Stoffel

[@Rob_Dekker]

Stoffle and his owner deserve their own animated show. The possibilities are endless... like Road Runner

[@phoule76]

It was called "Prison Break", I think.

[@oldschoolm8]

It’s been done man. It was called Bodger and Honey Badger....

[@electrocutedfrog6953]

His owner? From what I saw it was Stoffle doing the owning.

[@Rob_Dekker]

Electrocuted Frog hahaha true!

[@ykMMD]

omg yes. We should all write to Louie Zong and ask him to animate this.

[@WilliamTerry-z3q]

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

[@disastergoblin65]

Stop trying to contain that absolute unit and teach him how to READ.

[@catlovely5438]

Ba ha ha! You're on it Aiden Barcome! Priceless, wonderful comment!!

[@XHobbiesPrime]

Who says he doesn't already know? :D

[@GanjaBear29]

Teach him to program and make some mullah

[@AYEcorolla]

This has to be the greatest comment I have read in years.

[@gustavogomez4138]

If he learns how to read its game over for us.

[@Ryan-kn6xd]

What’s incredible is that stoffel doesn’t actually want to escape the compound he just does it for fun

[@phibiengama813]

cos food is offered

[@brennenderopa]

Well I guess he is bored.

[@stefankruger9547]

Because he can

[@analyticalmindset]

He does it to go and kill other animals in the compound. It says on the other part of this documentary. Honey Badgers just like their relative wolverines are cunning predators

[@oldschoolm8]

Note that he never makes a legitimate escape to never return.....proof that he is doing it to mess with the owners. Cheeky little fella!

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

I love the clips of the zoo staff chasing after him after his escapes lol. Its so comical. Cue the benny hill music lol. Stoffle must be laughing so hard inside.

[@mnomadvfx]

Nah, he probably legitimately thinks that the keeper is playing a game with him, like giving a child progressively harder puzzles.

[@soapmctavish870]

@@mnomadvfx he tried to fight the lions there after escaping... Twice haha

[@yoloswag7145]

shut up

[@Darkiie]

Feel like it's just for the show and it's actually been trained, animal actors are a real thing...

[@KMV007]

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

[@TheePrincessBrat]

Nightmare fuel

[@Skyset_angel]

Including lions

[@imadn4147]

I will genetically modify honey badgers genes to increase their size and muscle mass + bones mass

[@whyarewestillherejusttosuf5964]

Everyone is just gonna ignore that dance at 3:34?

[@DjFiveCore]

What dance?...

[@rival3822]

😂 I hate you

[@alicewilloughby4318]

It did look like a dance, but I think he was actually scratchng his back on the rake. Still looks cute, though!

[@elftax]

That’s no dance, it’s creative thinking out loud

[@MrAbeAllen]

My favorite part. He's doing some mental manipulations. Scheming! Working out his plan!

[@Razor2048]

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]

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

[@darkfox1990]

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

[@superduper853]

dammit gnar

[@resourceonline2979]

Because honey badger don't give a shit

[@mikeldogelas8910]

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

[@randomprimarissalamander8735]

The fact he’s doing it because he’s bored not so that he can run away is just hilarious to me

[@steveportillo1717]

Lmfaoo

[@mohideenbadsha3703]

So far I though they are one fearless little creatures and now I am astonished to see their intelligence, its at another level!!! I love these tenacious little tough creature for me Perseverance = Honey Badgers!!!! You can learn a lot from these creatures..so amazing!!1

[@bobibest89]

Making a ladder out of mud absolutely blew my mind. Most people trapped in such situation wont think of that.

[@Rig0r_M0rtis]

Ever tried digging dirt with bare hands?

[@AllIsWellaus]

There's a lot more going on for a person being held captive. What a silly comment.

[@bugstomper4670]

@@AllIsWellaus Like guards with machine guns?

[@pronoob3525]

That would have to be a huge dirt pile to support a humans weight lol, ofc a human wouldn't do that.

[@joseph1150]

@@Rig0r_M0rtis Make mud, easier to dig. How to make mud when you are in captivity? Well... you could use drinking water, but why waste that when you can recycle water you already drank Bear Grylls style.

[@thebottomline2947]

Stoffel secretly loves this guy.... He never seems to go very far. He's having a great time figuring out all his new puzzles everyday.

[@sertouythanker328]

"Stoffel proved" is now the highest security seal in the world.

[@bluerisk]

And he runs away instead of confronting the guy as a hostile badger would normally do. It's more like: catch me if you can, human *hahahah

[@apple-de8tx]

yes, because he was raised by humans, it's not wild.

[@bluerisk]

@@apple-de8tx I don't think he was raised by them. He was caught while breaking into a barn, and then saved, because otherwise a farmer had sooner or later killed him in order to protect his livelihood. But maybe I'm wrong here. Either way: he has been accustomed to humans and noticed how they care for him (feeding him etc. pp.). Feral cats can become house cats to a certain degree when enough time and patience is invested. I guess there would be no lives stock and pets if there hadn't been a point when wild animals had been domesticated. It was certainly a long process, but it was obviously possible. I say this because it is over and over again stated that a wild animals can never ever be tamed. There are animals which are next to impossible to tame (either they are not smart enough => most reptiles, or it isn't worth the effort => Zebras), others depend on the individual (and the time, money and patience you are willing to invest), and other even domesticated themselves. It also a big difference if you deal with new-borns, juveniles or full grown adults without any former contact with humans. In this case it is really next to impossible in nine out of ten.

[@sole_rosso]

@@bluerisk I stopped reading to "a farmer had sooner or later killed him" because I realized that it was a fairy tale

[@paulwinegardener8407]

This seems like an old cartoon where the badger is always escaping and the man just keeps going crazier. Haha

[@yogitshankar6348]

lol that's a great idea

[@jonmejia4918]

I seriously just had like a 10 episode flash through my mind. Lmao

[@divMINOR]

The Pink Honey Badger. How about that?

[@yogitshankar6348]

@@divMINOR Tudu Tudu Ttttduu da du du du

[@hobbiesandpassions9137]

your comment is so funny Paul :D :D

[@bailzzzzzz]

I love absolute incredulity when he mentions being asked if he trained Stoffel, as though its like asking Mrs Hudson if she trained sherlock holmes

[@alphagaming28]

Stoffel is currently working for KZbin and he recommended this to everyone. Just to boast his intelligence.

[@marcosmota1094]

Awesome. I've watched this ten times; recommends are working.

[@melaniesheppard778]

So bloody intelligent, you got to respect the stoffel.....for sure!!!!!

[@ashitsandwich]

I heard he was working at NASA

[@gijsvanderzanden3465]

Stoffle:*borred* Stoffle: aight imma head out

[@justfranz7333]

DEMACIAA

[@dropit7850]

It's editing

[@nuckinfuts7610]

@@dropit7850 The wise words of Stoffle are gospel. He does not edit, even when he's borred. AIGHT? Now pyss awff. 🦡📜

[@Hermitant10]

@@nuckinfuts7610 💀💀💀💀