I knew that honey badgers were smart, but this is out of control. Meet Stoffel, the Houdini of honey badgers. Stoffel successfully escapes every enclosure his rescuers at Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in South Africa attempt to build for him in the hilarious 4 minute clip.
Because I'm sure the question will come up, I researched why Stoffel was living in an enclosure to begin with. He seems to want to be free so badly! It turns out that Stoffel was hand raised by a farmer in the area. Since the farmer started engaging (and feeding) Stoffel at such an early age, he had been imprinted by humans. Unfortunately, this meant it was not safe for clever Stoffel to live in the wild.
According to Africageographic.com, Stoffel was initially allowed to roam free at the rehab center, but he was constantly killing other animals – from rabbits to even an adult tawny eagle! Thus, the rescuers at Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre had no choice other than to keep Stoffel separate from the other animals.
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