{"id":195477,"date":"2026-08-29T13:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/195477\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T13:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:53:11","slug":"mel-jsem-co-delat-abych-nespadl-jak-to-chodi-u-vombatu-v-prazske-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/195477\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eM\u011bl jsem co d\u011blat, abych nespadl.\u201c Jak to chod\u00ed u\u00a0vombat\u016f v\u00a0pra\u017esk\u00e9 zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

V minul\u00e9 report\u00e1\u017ei<\/a> jsme se pod\u00edvali pod pokli\u010dku k\u00a0luskoun\u016fm – jakou ka\u0161i v\u00a0pra\u017esk\u00e9 zoo jed\u00ed a\u00a0jestli obsahuje i\u00a0mravence. <\/p>\n

Dva chovatele – Davida Valu a\u00a0Maty\u00e1\u0161e Topi\u010de – jsme opustili ve chv\u00edli, kdy sp\u011bchali k\u00a0Darwinovu kr\u00e1teru.<\/p>\n

Te\u010f je 9:45\u00a0a\u00a0kr\u00e1tce se zastavujeme v\u00a0z\u00e1zem\u00ed. Oba chovatel\u00e9 \u0159e\u0161\u00ed, jak se kter\u00e9 zv\u00ed\u0159e chovalo. Kdo zlobil, kdo poslouchal.<\/p>\n

Pak popadnou kole\u010dko, hr\u00e1b\u011b, lopaty. A\u00a0m\u00ed\u0159\u00ed ke klokan\u016fm.<\/p>\n

\u201eZ\u016fsta\u0148te pros\u00edm na cest\u011b,\u201c ok\u0159ikuje ne\u00fanavn\u011b jedna z\u00a0brig\u00e1dnic n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edky, zat\u00edmco my se spolu s\u00a0chovateli mot\u00e1me mezi va\u010dnatci.<\/p>\n

David Vala p\u0159i shrab\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed trusu vypr\u00e1v\u00ed, jak se klokani a\u017e p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 rychle mno\u017e\u00ed – ostatn\u011b to budou moct za chv\u00edli sly\u0161et n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edci p\u0159i komentovan\u00e9m krmen\u00ed. B\u011bhem \u010dtvrt hodiny je pr\u016fchoz\u00ed v\u00fdb\u011bh uklizen\u00fd a\u00a0chovatel ut\u00edk\u00e1 pro listy, kter\u00e9 klokan\u016fm nab\u00eddne.<\/p>\n

Foto: Radek Vebr, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

Uklidit\u2026<\/p>\n

Symbol Austr\u00e1lie v\u00a0horku l\u00edn\u011b poklimb\u00e1v\u00e1. Tropick\u00e9 teploty je moc neovliv\u0148uj\u00ed, st\u00ednu maj\u00ed dost, chovatel\u00e9 maxim\u00e1ln\u011b p\u0159idaj\u00ed ml\u017e\u00edtka a\u00a0vodu.<\/p>\n

List\u00ed je ale probere, David Vala si bere mikrofon a\u00a0reproduktor. <\/p>\n

\u201eJak v\u00edte, klokani jsou va\u010dnatci,\u201c sype z\u00a0ruk\u00e1vu nau\u010den\u00fd p\u0159ednes.<\/p>\n

\u201eU klokan\u00edch samic je zaj\u00edmav\u00e9, \u017ee dok\u00e1\u017e\u00ed vychov\u00e1vat a\u017e t\u0159i generace najednou. Ve skupin\u011b je samice s\u00a0dcerou. Dcera m\u00e1 sv\u00e9 vlastn\u00ed ml\u00e1d\u011b, i\u00a0kdy\u017e je\u0161t\u011b chod\u00ed k\u00a0matce p\u00edt ml\u00e9ko. Matka m\u00e1 ve vaku dal\u0161\u00ed ml\u00e1d\u011b, kter\u00e9 za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 pomalu vykukovat. Je velice pravd\u011bpodobn\u00e9, \u017ee v\u00a0tu dobu m\u00e1 samice bu\u010f dal\u0161\u00ed ml\u00e1d\u011b ve vaku v\u00a0embryon\u00e1ln\u00edm stavu, anebo je znovu b\u0159ez\u00ed,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edk\u016fm.<\/p>\n

Foto: Radek Vebr, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

\u2026nakrmit\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201eSamoz\u0159ejm\u011b, \u017ee to je rutina. Ka\u017ed\u00fd den \u0159\u00edk\u00e1te stejn\u00e9 informace, skupina zv\u00ed\u0159at se v\u00e1m nem\u011bn\u00ed, tak co m\u00e1te vym\u00fd\u0161let,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 n\u00e1m po krmen\u00ed.<\/p>\n

\u201eIndividu\u00e1ln\u00ed programy jsou lep\u0161\u00ed. Je maxim\u00e1ln\u011b pro deset lid\u00ed a\u00a0u\u017e to funguje. Sezn\u00e1m\u00edte se, popov\u00edd\u00e1te si, je to osobit\u011bj\u0161\u00ed, jin\u00e9,\u201c dod\u00e1v\u00e1. A\u00a0tak si vymyslel programy, jako t\u0159eba sn\u00eddan\u011b s\u00a0luskouny \u010di ve\u010dern\u00ed krmen\u00ed tasm\u00e1nsk\u00fdch \u010dert\u016f. Ti je\u0161t\u011b k\u00a0tomu maj\u00ed vlastn\u00ed tri\u010dka i\u00a0pivo. Pen\u00edze putuj\u00ed na z\u00e1chranu zv\u00ed\u0159at.<\/p>\n

Foto: Radek Vebr, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

a povypr\u00e1v\u011bt n\u011bco o\u00a0klokanech.<\/p>\n

Pra\u0161ivina decimuje vombaty<\/p>\n

A za v\u0161\u00edm stoj\u00ed pr\u00e1v\u011b David Vala.<\/p>\n

Konkr\u00e9tn\u011b u\u00a0vombat\u016f, ke kter\u00fdm se vyd\u00e1me, jdou pen\u00edze na boj se svrabem, lidov\u011b\u00a0pra\u0161ivinou.<\/p>\n

\u201eP\u0159ivlekly ji tam li\u0161ky, ovce. I\u00a0kdy\u017e je vombat\u016f v\u00a0Austr\u00e1lii dost, tak populace po\u0159\u00e1d kles\u00e1, tak\u017ee se tomu budeme muset v\u011bnovat o\u00a0hodn\u011b v\u00edc. V\u00a0Canbe\u0159e podporujeme Wombat Rescue, z\u00e1chrannou stanici. Pracuj\u00ed tam dva \u010ce\u0161i a\u00a0ned\u00e1vno se na na\u0161e vombaty byli pod\u00edvat. Vypr\u00e1v\u011bli n\u00e1m, jak je tam piplaj\u00ed, l\u00e9\u010d\u00ed ml\u00e1\u010fata, kter\u00e1 jsou je\u0161t\u011b ve vaku,\u201c vysv\u011btluje Vala.<\/p>\n

Narodil se v\u00a0Chrudimi a\u00a0ve v\u00fdchodn\u00edch \u010cech\u00e1ch vyr\u016fstal na h\u00e1jovn\u011b.<\/p>\n

\u201eZv\u00ed\u0159at bylo dost. M\u011bli jsme ba\u017eanty, tet\u0159evy, koroptve, v\u0161echno mo\u017en\u00e9. Dokonce i\u00a0n\u011bjak\u00e9 okrasn\u00e9 exotick\u00e9 pt\u00e1ky. P\u00e9\u010de o\u00a0hospod\u00e1\u0159stv\u00ed a\u00a0\u017eivot na vesnici m\u011b p\u0159ivedly ke zv\u00ed\u0159at\u016fm,\u201c vypr\u00e1v\u00ed v\u00a0z\u00e1zem\u00ed tasm\u00e1nsk\u00fdch \u010dert\u016f, kam jsme se \u0161li na chv\u00edli schovat p\u0159ed pra\u017e\u00edc\u00edm sluncem. V\u00a0z\u00e1zem\u00ed toti\u017e maj\u00ed kr\u00e1sn\u00fdch 20\u00a0stup\u0148\u016f.<\/p>\n

Foto: Radek Vebr, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

Rozhovor zvl\u00e1daj\u00ed chovatel\u00e9 i\u00a0za ch\u016fze.<\/p>\n

Dr\u00e1p mravene\u010dn\u00edka v\u00a0ruce<\/p>\n

\u201eKdy\u017e po\u010d\u00edt\u00e1m i\u00a0praxi na \u0161kole, tak jsem v\u00a0pra\u017esk\u00e9 zoo 20\u00a0let,\u201c dopl\u0148uje.<\/p>\n

Na zb\u011b\u017en\u00fd pohled se m\u016f\u017ee zd\u00e1t, \u017ee je jeho pr\u00e1ce rutinou. Uva\u0159it ka\u0161i, uklidit v\u00fdb\u011bh, nanosit v\u011btve, uklidit v\u00fdb\u011bh\u2026 ale pod povrchem je m\u00e9n\u011b viditeln\u00e1 kreativita a\u00a0trp\u011blivost.<\/p>\n

\u201eS ka\u017ed\u00fdm zv\u00ed\u0159etem se mus\u00edte nau\u010dit komunikovat. Naj\u00edt kompromis, jak budete fungovat. T\u0159eba tady u\u00a0vombat\u016f. Samec Cooper p\u0159ijel s\u00a0t\u00edm, \u017ee fakt hodn\u011b vy\u017eaduje kamar\u00e1dsk\u00fd kontakt. Samice Winkleigh je plach\u00e1. P\u0159esto jsme na\u0161li cestu, aby si nechala prohmatat t\u011blo, vak. Chod\u00ed i\u00a0na krmen\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n

Co\u017e si pozd\u011bji sami ov\u011b\u0159\u00edme.<\/p>\n

Foto: Radek Vebr, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

P\u0159ed hork\u00fdm slun\u00ed\u010dkem je ale lep\u0161\u00ed schovat se u\u00a0\u010dert\u016f.<\/p>\n

Ke kreativit\u011b je tak\u00e9 pot\u0159eba p\u0159idat oddanost. Nen\u00ed to jen pr\u00e1ce, je to posl\u00e1n\u00ed. I\u00a0kdy\u017e to zn\u00ed jako kli\u0161\u00e9, lid\u00e9 jako David Vala se zv\u00ed\u0159aty \u017eij\u00ed.<\/p>\n

\u201eNen\u00ed to tak, \u017ee pr\u00e1ce za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 v\u00a07\u00a0a\u00a0kon\u010d\u00ed v\u00a016.\u00a0Kdy\u017e se n\u011bco d\u011bje, tak s\u00a0nimi tady z\u016fstanete. Po\u0159\u00e1d na n\u011b mysl\u00edte, jestli jsou v\u00a0pohod\u011b, jestli se jim n\u011bco ned\u011bje, jestli nejsou nemocn\u00ed,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1.<\/p>\n

K tomu jsou pot\u0159eba nadstandardn\u00ed organiza\u010dn\u00ed schopnosti – zv\u00ed\u0159at je hodn\u011b a\u00a0konkr\u00e9tn\u011b u\u00a0Davida Valy hodn\u011b sp\u00ed, tak\u017ee \u010dasu na pr\u00e1ci p\u0159\u00edmo s\u00a0nimi je m\u00e1lo.<\/p>\n

Foto: Radek Vebr, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

Ukl\u00edzen\u00ed zabere hodn\u011b pracovn\u00ed doby.<\/p>\n

Vala na konec dopl\u0148uje dv\u011b ingredience, kter\u00e9 by chovatel m\u011bl m\u00edt: respekt ke zv\u00ed\u0159at\u016fm, ale z\u00e1rove\u0148 neboj\u00e1cnost. \u00darazy se st\u00e1vaj\u00ed. S\u00a0t\u00edm je pot\u0159eba po\u010d\u00edtat.<\/p>\n

\u201eNesl jsem na v\u00e1hu mal\u00e9ho mravene\u010dn\u00edka. N\u011b\u010deho se lekl a\u00a0jak jsem ho m\u011bl na ruce, tak mi n\u011bjak prop\u00edchl ruku dr\u00e1pem. Vyjela mi \u0161pi\u010dka na druh\u00e9 stran\u011b ruky a\u00a0jezdila pod k\u016f\u017e\u00ed. V\u017edycky m\u011b v\u00a0takov\u00e9 chv\u00edli p\u0159ekvap\u00ed, jak to \u010dlov\u011bk \u0159e\u0161\u00ed v\u00a0klidu a\u00a0racion\u00e1ln\u011b. Vzal jsem dr\u00e1p, vyt\u00e1hl ho, odnesl zv\u00ed\u0159e a\u00a0jak jsem vy\u0161el z\u00a0expozice, tak se mi ud\u011blalo zle, zb\u011blel jsem a\u00a0jel na Bulovku,\u201c vzpom\u00edn\u00e1.<\/p>\n

P\u0159i\u0161la o\u010dek\u00e1van\u00e1 ot\u00e1zka: Jak se v\u00e1m to stalo?<\/p>\n

\u201eDost t\u011b\u017eko se to vysv\u011btluje. A\u00a0kdy\u017e to \u0159eknete, tak se p\u016fl hodiny bav\u00edte o\u00a0zoologick\u00e9 zahrad\u011b, ne\u017e aby \u0159e\u0161ili d\u00edru v\u00a0ruce. Ob\u010das to je sranda,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1.<\/p>\n

T\u0159eba kdy\u017e v\u00e1s zastav\u00ed v\u00a0aut\u011b policist\u00e9 a\u00a0zapomenete si doklady.<\/p>\n

\u201e\u0158ekl jsem jim, \u017ee je m\u00e1m na goril\u00e1ch. Koukali na m\u011b\u2026 no, tak jsem musel vypnout motor, d\u00fdchnout si, uk\u00e1zat kufr a\u00a0a\u017e potom jsem se p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010dil, \u017ee kdy\u017e m\u00e1m na sob\u011b uniformu zoo, tak \u017ee asi opravdu d\u011bl\u00e1m v\u00a0zoo a\u00a0nejsem sjet\u00fd ani opil\u00fd,\u201c popisuje dal\u0161\u00ed situaci.<\/p>\n

Pro tr\u00e1vu vombat\u016fm<\/p>\n

Pomalu se bl\u00ed\u017e\u00ed 14.\u00a0hodina. Krmen\u00ed vombat\u016f. Aby vombat\u016fm chutnalo, mus\u00edme s\u00a0Davidem Valou a\u00a0Maty\u00e1\u0161em Topi\u010dem vyrazit na tr\u00e1vu.<\/p>\n

\u201eSb\u00edr\u00e1me \u010derstvou, takovou tvrdou, aby vombat\u016fm chutnala,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 chovatel Vala. Proch\u00e1z\u00edme zoo, br\u00e1nami, bar\u00e1ky, nejp\u0159\u00edm\u011bj\u0161\u00ed cestou a\u00a0ocit\u00e1me se kousek od Vltavy a\u00a0cyklostezky.<\/p>\n

Foto: Radek Vebr, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

Vombati si r\u00e1di pochutnaj\u00ed na \u010derstv\u00e9 tr\u00e1v\u011b. \u00dakol je jasn\u00fd – naj\u00edt po zoo tu nejlep\u0161\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Vpravo m\u00edj\u00edme gepardici, kter\u00e1 p\u0159ed ned\u00e1vnem porodila ml\u00e1\u010fata. \u0158\u00edk\u00e1m, \u017ee takov\u00e9ho mazl\u00ed\u010dka bych si p\u0159\u00e1l, ale \u017ee by mi asi ukousla hlavu.<\/p>\n

David Vala sp\u00ed\u0161 vyjad\u0159uje obavy o\u00a0gau\u010d.<\/p>\n

\u201eZkus\u00edme to t\u00e1mhle? Jo, ta je dobr\u00e1,\u201c ukazuje Maty\u00e1\u0161 Topi\u010d a\u00a0oba za\u010dnou zku\u0161en\u00fdmi pohyby trhat trsy tr\u00e1vy tak, aby z\u016fstaly ko\u0159\u00ednky v\u00a0zemi. \u201eT\u0159eba kolegyn\u011b takhle voz\u00edv\u00e1 tr\u00e1vu z\u00a0domova, v\u017edycky r\u00e1no autobusem, proto\u017ee ji tam m\u011bla nejlep\u0161\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n

Foto: Radek Vebr, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

Tr\u00e1vu vybrali dob\u0159e. Chutn\u00e1.<\/p>\n

David Vala se uj\u00edm\u00e1 mikrofonu a\u00a0my z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1me s\u00a0Maty\u00e1\u0161em Topi\u010dem u\u00a0vombatice Winkleigh s\u00a0ml\u00e1d\u011btem. Po chv\u00edli p\u0159icupit\u00e1 \u201ep\u0159erostl\u00fd k\u0159e\u010dek\u201c, jak jim chovatel Topi\u010d p\u0159ezd\u00edv\u00e1.<\/p>\n

Pro n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edky jsme je\u0161t\u011b zpest\u0159en\u00ed nav\u00edc. Monot\u00f3nn\u00edm hlasem na samici po\u0159\u00e1d mluv\u00edme. Jakmile na chv\u00edli p\u0159estaneme, tak zast\u0159ih\u00e1 u\u0161ima a\u00a0u\u017e by ut\u00edkala.<\/p>\n

\u201eJe lekav\u00e1, jakmile je n\u011bco trochu jinak, t\u0159eba p\u0159estaneme mluvit, tak je n\u011bco \u0161patn\u011b,\u201c dob\u00edr\u00e1 si ji Maty\u00e1\u0161 Topi\u010d.<\/p>\n

Foto: Radek Vebr, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

Sice plach\u00e1, ale slu\u0161n\u011b vychovan\u00e1. Nab\u00edzenou bat\u00e1tu proto slupne.<\/p>\n

Krmen\u00ed za chv\u00edli kon\u010d\u00ed, vombatice je sice s\u00a0kvalitou dne\u0161n\u00ed tr\u00e1vy spokojen\u00e1, ale u\u017e sta\u010dilo a\u00a0odch\u00e1z\u00ed zase zp\u00e1tky do sv\u00e9 nory. Pt\u00e1m se, jak je siln\u00e1. Takhle zbl\u00edzka p\u016fsob\u00ed v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed. \u201eJsou siln\u00ed, kdy\u017e se do m\u011b jednou rozeb\u011bhl Cooper, tak jsem m\u011bl co d\u011blat, abych nespadl,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 Maty\u00e1\u0161 Topi\u010d.<\/p>\n

Nen\u00ed divu, hrabou si nory, kter\u00e9 mohou b\u00fdt opravdu dlouh\u00e9. N\u011bkdy a\u017e 60\u00a0metr\u016f.\u00a0Maj\u00ed ale jenom jeden vchod, tak\u017ee ve\u0161kerou hl\u00ednu mus\u00ed vytahat ven.<\/p>\n

Prozat\u00edm se s\u00a0ob\u011bma chovateli lou\u010d\u00edme. Sejdeme se ve\u010der. Ve t\u0159et\u00ed fin\u00e1ln\u00ed fotoreport\u00e1\u017ei budeme krmit \u010derty.<\/p>\n

Foto: Radek Vebr, Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy<\/p>\n

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