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]

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.

[@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]

😂

[@chonkywonder]

He is obviously immensely proud of this smart badger

[@MsLadywasp]

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

[@AshleyPomeroy]

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

[@yeorges]

I love it

[@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 !!

[@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

[@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.

[@melvinathemagnificent9007]

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

[@flipchute]

Holy smokes, yes!

[@trey1477]

Gives me dennis the menace vibes 😂

[@InfamousMax]

STOFFEL!

[@Twotone-ld1fb]

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

[@gigan2444]

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

[@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.

[@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 "

[@blehbleh5095]

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

[@saimanohara6399]

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

[@TyinAlaska]

Why are those life lessons?

[@zinstonehead]

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

[@Batfan166]

This is gold!👍👍👍

[@TheMinistryofLove]

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

[@Batfan166]

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

[@prince_mar_mar2458]

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

[@opalskyartwork]

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

[@excite236]

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

[@shaneredgate8628]

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

[@MrKelso85]

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

[@3takoyakis]

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

[@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 was 26 years old and still doing well. My heart ❤

[@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]

😆😆😆😆😵

[@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?

[@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.

[@mollycblaeser]

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

[@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

[@hughjazz8416]

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

[@KURDinEXILE]

He actually does

[@Kassy_1234]

KURDinEXILE Lol actually does

[@user-ii1mr9kz5w]

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

[@berendharmsen]

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

[@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?

[@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!

[@katherineuribe2952]

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.

[@speedrob]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@user-ui4yo6lh8b]

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

[@amazonlife2609]

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

[@FreddyJedd]

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.

[@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”

[@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.

[@user-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.

[@user-ur4zj7px9d]

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

[@hanstaagen2066]

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

[@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!"

[@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?

[@Hana-F]

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

[@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!

[@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]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vlrissolo]

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

[@oneplus5225]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@KMV007]

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

[@TheePrincessBrat]

Nightmare fuel

[@skysetblue9578]

Including lions

[@siavashsohrabi4221]

They should make a video game based on this

[@liv0whatever]

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

[@adeepagamalath6301]

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.

[@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.

[@FourGodx]

🤔🤯😱🤡

[@7oy.boy77]

Haha

[@mullajohn2803]

Stoffel is my spirit animal

[@stephgreen3070]

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

[@smurfsrasexual]

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

[@SnoopCatts]

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

[@marsharbour5906]

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

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

will charlton 😂😂😂👍 Hilarious

[@Marko..895]

will charlton, hahahahahahahaha

[@daradiant1]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@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

[@aprilzanganeh7171]

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

[@MeghanBean]

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

[@vergespierre4271]

True 👍

[@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!

[@jbre7233]

I want, no, NEED, more stoffle stories.

[@jaystrong2618]

I couldnt agree more. My whole worldview has been shifted

[@juninho8107]

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[@micahjaynes7505]

ikr

[@harlowitter3060]

We all want more of this savage little smartass😂

[@gwest111]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/amaok4tpjbWop68

[@unstoppable6047]

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

[@YeahYeahb-tch]

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

[@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

[@dmsviola1]

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

[@jakeb3055]

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.

[@derekbaker777]

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

[@invariablybefuddled4415]

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

[@mongoose621]

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.

[@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

[@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).

[@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

[@PettyTendergrasp]

2024: Stoffle becomes CEO of a Global Security Company

[@JonnyParker-]

2026 he nukes the planet

[@mrmathmonkey9582]

21000 he escapes reality

[@michaelweston409]

goutham 😂 this comment chain ahaha

[@prathamshukla1280]

2050 he saved the world from climate changes

[@geoleo965]

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

[@Thephillips-dj1po]

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

[@kaibalfour2318]

Another reason why honey badgers are awesome

[@Kimera_Alternate_Realities]

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

[@Badboyifier]

"YOU CANT CONTROL ME"

[@TonyEnglandUK]

He sends a superb message at 3:35

[@oussamahobloss5120]

I am an agent of Chaos

[@ekremdincel1505]

@@TonyEnglandUK That's the important point

[@livetochange974]

Is that a joker reference

[@jonathancoleman7471]

He’s lowkey so proud of him 😂😂

[@dusanbjekovic6071]

LOL

[@devontef.8943]

I would be proud too 😂😂

[@Jayismynickname]

Mans is to smart for them

[@clayongunzelle9555]

you can hear it in his voice

[@POPPYTHERED]

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

[@TIOLIOfficial]

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

[@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..

[@okihabu9805]

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]

No it was going to kill him

[@lilolmecj]

Me too! They are totally adorable.

[@clm0208]

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

[@brianlevine249]

No that's phase 2

[@melanoc3tusii205]

*he

[@Eli-akad]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@jc1872]

Houdini reincarnated as a honey badger.

[@Wizardofro]

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

[@dontassumemyfender9866]

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]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@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

[@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

[@joalexsg9741]

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

[@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............

[@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

[@lesflynn4455]

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

[@gigatron4578]

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

[@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.

[@jr_jar]

No he WILL DIE

[@0riginal_zer030]

If.

[@TophatMilo]

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

[@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

[@mrindia1395]

Intelligent little beast 😊

[@arieloosthuizen2493]

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

[@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]

😆😂😂

[@enthusiaststraw7196]

😂😂😂

[@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.

[@timothysanders226]

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

[@ANDYNORR]

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

[@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.

[@EmReyplayslots]

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.

[@brah007]

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

[@mullajohn2803]

Stoffel always wins. You are in his world.