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“If violence doesn’t solve all your problems, it’s just because you’re not using enough of it” - Honey Badgers

"Honey Badgers are double stuffed with audacity." Guy definitely has a way with words.

Pacifist: violence is never the answer Moderate: violence can be the answer at times Honey badger: THERE IS NO OTHER ANSWER BUT VIOLENCE

Honey badger every morning: "GOD has allowed me to live another day and I will make it EVERYONE'S problem!"

Honey Badger: "It only takes one bullet" Three lions: "You ain't got the nerve" Honey Badger: "Try me"

Seriously, that honey badger that nearly got mauled to death by lions and as soon as he got better he went back to settle the score is honestly the most badass thing I’ve ever heard an animal do

"Despite my lack of emotion I find that adorable" You are delightfully quotable 😂

I fuckin love Stoffle. Escaped just for the hell of it and/or because he wanted to see what his humans were up to.

I just love how some animals on this planet, they just kind of exist minding their own business. And then there's the ones that are just... unbridled earth shattering rage incarnate.

You always pick such a fantastic note to end on: "The strength and durability of a Wolverine, the intelligence and lack of morality of an otter, and the sheer coke-fueled willpower of a stoat" is just such an epic turn of phrase. But then, the Honey Badger deserves it.

“Personality of a power tool.” This guy’s got the silver tongue, that’s for sure.

7:18 I’m glad you mentioned the wolverines, one of my favourite homeland 🇨🇦 animals. They’ve been known to kill like 6-7 deer one right after another, without stopping in between to eat any of them. Obviously this is a possible strategy because of the freezing temperatures here. They bury the deer and eat them frozen. It’s literally the Canadian hinterland’s version of shopping at Costco, lol.

Went to a rehab sanctuary in South Africa. And out of every animal the keepers fed, the Honey Badger was the one animal they threw the meat in and just 🏃💨

“If orcas are homicidal sea oreos, then honey badgers are double-stuffed with audacity.” 😂😂😂

Your advertisement was so smooth, I not only didn't see it coming, I didn't realise you weren't talking about real ants, let alone forgetting you were originally talking about honey badgers.

The guy holding the badger in the beginning of the video is Dr. Ross Bernstein..Had the pleasure of working with him a few years ago, and still good friends today.. he's a great vet.

Interviewer: "So, how come you guys keep getting into trouble and surviving?" Honey Badger: "Death can have me when it's earned me."

*"I DON'T WANT PEACE, I WANT PROBLEMS, ALWAYS!"* honey badger, probably

Been singing the honey badger's praise for years. Folk never believe me, 'til they check up. Thanks for uploading!

My Dad related to me an experience when he was a young man. He had hit a Badger with his car one night. It appeared that the Badger had been killed. Dad picked it up and tossed in the trunk, planning to save it's pelt. The next morning he went to remove the body from the trunk. However, he encountered one extremely upset Badger. Undeterred, Dad manged to get it into a burlap sack and subsequently, into a thick hardware cloth cage. He placed the cage into the tool shed in the backyard and went to retrieve some water and food for it. Ten minutes later when he returned. The Badger had ripped through the cage with ease and was digging a hole to China. Dad grabbed a shovel and proceeded to catch up. He said he would repeatedly get close enough to grab the Badger by the tail and lift it up out of the hole. But it would spin and try to bite his hand. Causing him to let go and the digging contest would resume. After fifteen minutes of this competition and several tail grabs. Dad said he was getting a bit tired and subsequently, decided to just leave the shed door open. And upon checking later. The Badger had returned itself to it's natural habitat. I was like six years old when he relayed the story. I was on the edge of my seat. He had grown up catching Rattle Snakes by hand in the Mojave Desert, just for fun.

Some researchers from Alaska had trackers on wolverines and one apparently wanted to cross a mountain range so bad that it literally climbed 15k feet and made it to the other side by the next morning. This all happened during winter, clearly only a wolverine is crazy enough to try that.

A friend of mine was staying in the Kruger and had made a massive pot of stew for the next day. A couple of honey badgers used the kitchen drawers as steps up into the counter and ate the whole damn lot. Not a drop left. She got it on video and it’s one of my favourite stories.

Honey Badger: No! Violence is never the answer! People: Aw so sweet! Honey Badger: It’s the solution

Life said “you’re going to die today” The honey badger said “not without you”

"Crackhead courage" Man's a wordsmith

I know Stoffel. He was 20yrs old when I met him back in 2017. What a mischievous animal!!!

11:45 well, think about it. The rabbit you have already been hunting has already spent _some_ energy, but so have _you_ . The rabbit that was close to you was _idle_ and resting. It would be completely dumb to switch targets mid-mission.

Honey badgers are an inspiration. We could learn a lot from them.

I had to go on a google panic search because of the reference to Stoffel in the past tense omg, you terrified me for a second. The relief I felt when I saw an update that he's okay as of April 24 this year....

That might have been one of the smoothest transitions to a sponsor segment that I've ever seen

"because there's no church in the wild and hell is not a consequence" This line is amazing

Honey Badgers can be huge menaces for farms in South Africa. A high-school college of mine had a honey badger attack his uncle's truck on their farm. Ripped up the front tire. He tried kicking it and hitting it with a pipe and it did nothing. They resorted to shooting it with a small caliber pistol. It stopped it, but didn't kill it. The bugger just walked away like nothing happened.

Glad you acknowledged wolverines. Whenever I see people describing honey badgers, I think of wolverines, since I'm much more familiar with them. I once got spooked in a forest at night. I heard a nasty growl, low to the ground, right in front of me. It wasn't a wolf or any of the usual suspects. Since it was dark, I couldn't see it either and I didn't have a light on hand. There were only two creatures I figured could make the sound: a raccoon dog or a wolverine. If it was the former, I'd have driven it a way, but I didn't dare risk play chicken, if it turned out to be a wolverine, so I noped out. I never found out exacly what it was. Raccoon dogs are another weird creature I don't hear much about on the internet.

The weasel family are the badasses of the animal kingdom. If short tailed weasels were the size of dogs and weighed about 60 pounds, nothing would survive. And I'm going to challenge about Mustelidae-they are insanely smart. I owned ferrets from 1986 to 2018.

I love how the honey badger’s face just looks *exactly* like their personality 😆

Man said "wild dogs are efficient at cancelling life subscriptions". That had me cracking up.

"The personality of a power tool" LOL

Gryffindor: My house mascot is the mighty lion! Slytherin: Mine is the vicious snake! Ravenclaw: Mine is the strong and elegant eagle. Hufflepuff: Mine is a badger. Everyone: (flees from the Hufflepuff with screams of terror)

Best quote about mustelids I've encountered. "I love mustelids in all forms. They were basically natures attempt to make the murderiest shape possible and the results was a tube with fangs."

“…but honey badgers don’t care. They live life balls first with no fear of consequences.” In the right hands this philosophy is gold.

"... They probably wouldn't need the personality of a power tool to survive." BEST. IMAGERY. EVER!

this ad transition was the smoothest thing I have ever watched.

"Otters have the lowest morality but the highest intelligence" There's a pattern here

"Top percentile of animal intelligence" "Immediately tried to get back into the lion enclosure to settle the score"

Honey badger after getting mauled by the lion: I HEARD NO BELL B****!!!

Always come back for a rewatch on this one.

Ah, yes, the honey badger. One of the only animals alive who's personality and overall demeanor can best be described as a permanent case of Jack Nicholson's _"Here's Johnny!"_ moment from The Shining.

The fact that honey badgers have the sheer audacity to get mad at jaguars for catching them. It's beautiful

Man thats a great script brilliantly deliverd. Maxximum respek.

Im glad i was born in a time when i could hear your descriptions of this crazy world 😂

"crackhead courage and determination"...I just spewed coffee out of my nose. This episode is gold. Honey badger is now my new spirit animal.

Honey badgers deserve to be seated on the roundtable of black air force activity

“like any kid that acts out in school, to really understand just what makes a honey badger such a one-man hate campaign you gotta look at its family” 😂 this channel is a gem ❤

Love your channel. Well researched and nice delivery

Honey badgers are literally the definition of waking up and choosing violence in my opinion

Cowardice is bred into most predators, because even a minor injury can mean death. Honey badgers and wolverines are exceedingly hard to kill, let alone seriously injure. They also have the wickedest bite in the animal kingdom. That little stoat kills the hare with a bite through the skull or spine. Unadulterated aggression has kept the species around for a million years.

Honey Badger: "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!"

I don't know how this video found its way to my feed, but I don't regret it one bit. I love your style.

"The honey badger is the only thing alive that can make a bowl cut intimidating" I died 🤣

This is definitely your best-written video so far. Your transitions between topics and animals were seamless, your information was perfectly elucidated, and you still kept it funny. Great job!

Ok I learned lots of really useful info here. Main one being that sea otters are related to honey badgers. I was under the impression that they were super cute and chill lol

One of the most enjoyable videos I've seen in a long time! Great work!

I firmly believe that honey badgers have a hive mind that lets every single one know every single time they’ve been disrespected in even the slightest way since they first showed up on the earth thus fueling them with rage gathered over an untold amount of generations.

A wolverine killing a polar bear has got to be the most impressive thing I've heard in a while.

6:46 oh nothing, just a water buffalo catching some zzzs under a starry african sky being ripped awake by the 1000lb force of a hyena's jaws tearing off his manhood.

Perfect mix of wit and solid information in this video. So many great one-liners. Thanks for the great video!

Fun fact: the mandible of mustelids is held much more tightly in place compared to other mammals meaning it is much harder to separate the mandible from the rest of the skull. This helps them to hold onto things much bigger than them without their jaw dislocating/breaking. This family is built to kill and I love them

"All they did was introduce the Bonnie to his Clyde" that's absolutely brilliant, I love this criminal honey badger couple 😂💀

Honey badgers are the literal definition of "Bro woke up and chose violence"

"Their only real option was to overcompensate the way anyone that overmatched would: *With violence and borderline crackhead courage.*" That line just earned yourself a new subscriber lmao

I love that this is primarily about the honey badger but its whole family line got a minute in the spotlight

Honey badgers are Intelligent and fearless. And his content is flawless. 👌🏾

Honey Badgers, Badgers, Wolverines: YA WANNA FIGHT, BUB!?

I can’t imagine the hot breath that guy felt for a split second when that badger was getting ready to latch onto him! Ha

I like how this guy reminds us that any wild animal, no matter how cute it mat be, is viciously wild and can totally attack you.

There is only one thing scarier than a honey badger A FRIENDLY honey badger, cuz you know for damn sure it's got something wrong with them.

Man, this cat has a great delivery,, very smooth and definitely funny,, right on young man,,

Low key this is becoming one of my favorite channels

In far cry primal you can have a honey badger as a companion, and the best thing about it is, it’s the most aggressive animal, and it’s special skill is that it always comes back and attack again without being resummoned in the fight unlike other animal companions

I watched an Animal Planet documentary years ago about Stoffel and his keepers. It was hilarious! That little dude put everyone to shame. He didn't just outsmart ONE person, he outsmarted GROUPS, PLURAL, of people. They came up with all sorts of elaborate plans, knowing beforehand it wouldn't be a permanent solution. They'd say, "this should hold him for at least a few days", and MINUTES later he'd be like, "peace bitches!"

Every know and then I come back watch this pure disrespect master piece.

"Despite my lack of emotion, I find that adorable”. Lol

“If Orcas are homicidal sea Oreos, then Honey Badgers are double-stuffed with audacity”, Shakespeare was never this eloquent

Having owned Ferrets, I can confirm that they seesaw wildly between "awwww, cuddly fluffy snake" to "OH GOD IT JUST BIT THROUGH MY THUMBNAIL AND WON'T LET GO!" They're great pets but the ladies are almost exclusively tubes of turbo anger and spite wrapped in fluff. They're also escape artists who will confound you as to how they got out of their enclosure for the 30th time.

That clip of the wild dogs walking like the 7 Samurai!

“I’m a beast, I am” - Trufflehunter

Guy: **tries holding the honey badger** Honey badger: peace was never an option

Lions, hyenas and wild dogs: Hunt in pack to maximize their chances at catching a prey. Leopards and panthers: Hide and wait for the right moment to jump on their preys. Honey badgers: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD !!!

When honey badgers woke up they always chose violence.. cause BAD is in their name 😂

0:00 I love that the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure "To Be Continued" spiel has become this iconic of a meme.

All this has taught me is that if I'm ever in the wilderness my best chance of survival is to just attack anything and everything that gets close to me with 0 regard for personal safety

Felony ferrets aren't just hormonal ragaholics. They genuinely enjoy being everyone's problem, even when they are taken care of. Remarkable.

lion walking past a honey badger. Honey badger: i saw you walking past me! lion: so? Honey badger: i took offense to that Lion: how is that my problem?! Honey badger: ohh it will be your problem!!! *jumps lion*

"Live life balls first" needs to be on a T shirt.

"The honeybadger is the only thing alive that could make a bowlcut intimidating" This guy. He's too good with these lines 🤣

I can personally attest to the correctness of his facts on wolverines. We have them where I live and the top rule we have here is don’t ever mess with a moose or wolverines. A moose will trample you into a ooze puddle, but messing with wolverines means you’re asking to be permanently disappeared because those cranky bastards even eat the bones. (About all they’ll leave is your boots - and even that’s not guaranteed). Just as a “for instance”? My husband once accidentally ran over one with a company truck when he was out working at a lease out in the middle of nowhere in Northern Alberta. That living tank of an animal not only survived being ran over, but he literally tore apart everything he could reach underneath the truck, including the exhaust system from the front all the way to the back - and then destroyed one of the back tires for good measure on his way out. Fortunately my husband knew to just keep driving as far as he could get in the opposite direction. They fixed the truck, but nothing got rid of the smell except time. It’s been almost two years and yeah…you can still easily find his truck just by smell in the hotter weather. Basically, don’t mess with those suckers. You are NOT gonna win!

"Looking for trouble, and if I can't find it, I will create it."

I did not plan to watch this full video but your skill with delivery and speed of such was so impressive that I subscribed.

This reminds me: how often does it happen in the wild that a physically inferior animal chases off are larger and more dangerous animal? Honeybadgers probably provide the most examples, but I've heard of a human punching an attacking bear until it ran off and saw a cat chasing off large dogs and a rooster being a menace to dogs. You might say that these are just spectacular exceptions, but I think that there's more to it: 1) in a world where _just a scratch_ can end you, you shouldn't seek unnecessary fights. A strong human might still be able to knock out a fang of a bear and cats and roosters can blind their enemies. The smaller attacked animal has nothing to lose and everything to gain from going all in. The bigger predator on the other hand might be better advised to seek easier prey... 2) it's a recurring theme that especially animals misjudge the threat level of other animals. Many obviously look for size as an indicator, but they often don't distinguish between some animal standing or an animal that is this tall on all four legs. Quite a few animals can also inflate themselves (not necessarily literally).