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Foto: Alpha\/Wikimedia Commons\/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic<\/p>\nRejnok kr\u00e1tkoocas\u00fd pat\u0159\u00ed k\u00a0nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edm rejnok\u016fm na sv\u011bt\u011b. Dor\u016fst\u00e1 \u0161\u00ed\u0159ky a\u017e 2,1\u00a0metr\u016f a\u00a0v\u00e1\u017eit m\u016f\u017ee s\u00a0p\u0159ehledem i\u00a0\u010dtvrt tuny. Za norm\u00e1ln\u00edch okolnost\u00ed jde o\u00a0velmi m\u00edrn\u00fd a\u00a0neagresivn\u00ed druh, kter\u00fd na \u010dlov\u011bka \u00famysln\u011b ne\u00fato\u010d\u00ed. Na ocase je sice vybaven jedn\u00edm nebo dv\u011bma jedovat\u00fdmi trny, ty ale pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 tak\u0159ka v\u00fdhradn\u011b k\u00a0obran\u011b. Pot\u00e1p\u011b\u010di, kte\u0159\u00ed prozkoum\u00e1vaj\u00ed pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed Nov\u00e9ho Z\u00e9landu a\u00a0Austr\u00e1lie, popisuj\u00ed z\u00e1stupce tohoto druhu jako nadm\u00edru spole\u010densk\u00e9 a\u00a0zv\u011bdav\u00e9 tvory, kte\u0159\u00ed se \u010dasto sami p\u0159ibl\u00ed\u017e\u00ed a\u017e p\u0159ed objektivy a\u00a0nechaj\u00ed se ochotn\u011b nat\u00e1\u010det a\u00a0fotografovat. I\u00a0proto jsou jako objekty nesm\u00edrn\u011b popul\u00e1rn\u00ed a\u00a0vyhled\u00e1van\u00ed jak profesion\u00e1ln\u00edmi, tak i\u00a0amat\u00e9rsk\u00fdmi p\u0159\u00edrodov\u011bdci a\u00a0filma\u0159i.<\/p>\n
Je smutnou ironi\u00ed osudu, \u017ee to byl pr\u00e1v\u011b rejnok kr\u00e1tkoocas\u00fd, jeho\u017e trn v\u00a0roce 2006\u00a0zas\u00e1hl a\u00a0smrteln\u011b zranil obl\u00edben\u00e9ho p\u0159\u00edrodov\u011bdce a\u00a0dobrodruha Steva Irwina. Irwinova smrt, ne\u010dekan\u00e1, okam\u017eit\u00e1 a\u00a0naprosto epick\u00e1 vzhledem k\u00a0tomu, jak\u00fd \u017eivot vedl, ani po dvaceti letech nep\u0159est\u00e1v\u00e1 probouzet siln\u00e9 emoce.<\/p>\n
Za zv\u00ed\u0159aty cestoval po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b <\/p>\n
Steve Irwin (1962-2006) byl zv\u00ed\u0159aty posedl\u00fd u\u017e jako mal\u00fd kluk. Jeho rodi\u010de Bob a\u00a0Lyn Irwinovi byli oba zoologov\u00e9, kte\u0159\u00ed se specializovali na z\u00e1chranu a\u00a0rehabilitaci ran\u011bn\u00fdch a\u00a0osi\u0159el\u00fdch plaz\u016f. V\u00a0roce 1970\u00a0zalo\u017eili na australsk\u00e9m Sunshine Coast Beerwah Reptile Park a\u00a0jejich syn tak vyr\u016fstal v\u00a0obklopen\u00ed \u201emazl\u00ed\u010dk\u016f\u201c, kter\u00e9 by konzervativn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed rodi\u010de v\u00a0bl\u00edzkosti sv\u00fdch d\u011bt\u00ed asi nestrp\u011bli. V\u00a0dom\u011b Irwinov\u00fdch bylo naprosto norm\u00e1ln\u00ed m\u00edt doma hady, krokod\u00fdly nebo klokany, a\u00a0Steve jevil odmali\u010dka velkou touhu je ochra\u0148ovat a\u00a0pe\u010dovat o\u00a0n\u011b. Bob Irwin u\u010dil syna respektu ke v\u0161emu \u017eiv\u00e9mu a\u00a0povzbuzoval ho, aby zv\u00ed\u0159ata nejprve dob\u0159e pozoroval a\u00a0u\u010dil se jejich chov\u00e1n\u00ed. Steve ale nikdy nebyl d\u00edt\u011b, kter\u00e9mu by sta\u010dilo zv\u00ed\u0159ata jen pozorovat. Sv\u00e9ho prvn\u00edho jedovat\u00e9ho hada, pakobru hn\u011bdou, chytil, kdy\u017e mu bylo \u0161est. V\u00a0dev\u00edti letech u\u017e otci pom\u00e1hal s\u00a0odchytem krokod\u00fdl\u016f.<\/p>\n
V\u00a0roce 2006\u00a0bylo Irwinovi \u010dty\u0159ia\u010dty\u0159icet a\u00a0tvorb\u011b p\u0159\u00edrodov\u011bdn\u00fdch dokument\u016f se v\u011bnoval u\u017e patn\u00e1ct let. Na kont\u011b m\u011bl tou dobou u\u017e v\u00edce ne\u017e 300\u00a0epizod r\u016fzn\u00fdch dokument\u00e1rn\u00edch po\u0159ad\u016f v\u010detn\u011b n\u011bkolika speci\u00e1ln\u00edch d\u00edl\u016f, dva celove\u010dern\u00ed filmy a\u00a0k tomu tak\u00e9 tis\u00edce hodin voln\u00fdch z\u00e1b\u011br\u016f ze sv\u011bta divok\u00fdch zv\u00ed\u0159at. Zv\u00ed\u0159ata miloval, zbo\u017e\u0148oval jejich pozorov\u00e1n\u00ed ve voln\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edrod\u011b a\u00a0nev\u00e1hal za nimi cestovat po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b. V\u00a0rodn\u00e9 Austr\u00e1lii nat\u00e1\u010del krokod\u00fdly, \u017eraloky, klokany i\u00a0hady, do Afriky jezdil za slony, nosoro\u017eci a\u00a0\u017eirafami. Podnikl n\u011bkolik expedic za velrybami, tu\u010d\u0148\u00e1ky a\u00a0tuleni na Antarktidu, v\u00a0Ji\u017en\u00ed Americe zase dokumentoval \u017eivot v\u00a0amazonsk\u00e9m pralese a\u00a0bohatou faunu v\u00a0mok\u0159adech Pantanalu. Popul\u00e1rn\u00ed a\u00a0p\u0159\u00edstupnou formou p\u0159edstavil sv\u00fdm div\u00e1k\u016fm stovky druh\u016f zv\u00ed\u0159at, z\u00a0toho i\u00a0des\u00edtky ohro\u017een\u00fdch a\u00a0n\u011bkolik kriticky ohro\u017een\u00fdch druh\u016f. Nejproslulej\u0161\u00edm se ale stal d\u00edky z\u00e1b\u011br\u016fm s\u00a0mo\u0159sk\u00fdmi krokod\u00fdly, pro kter\u00e9 m\u011bl celo\u017eivotn\u011b velkou slabost. S\u00e1m \u0159\u00edkal, \u017ee kdyby si m\u011bl vybrat jedin\u00e9 zv\u00ed\u0159e, kter\u00e9mu zasv\u011bt\u00ed cel\u00fd sv\u016fj \u017eivot, byl by to pr\u00e1v\u011b tento krokod\u00fdl. Po\u0159ad The Crocodile Hunter (Lovec krokod\u00fdl\u016f), ve kter\u00e9m se Irwin v\u00a0doprovodu sv\u00e9 man\u017eelky Terri vyd\u00e1val za mo\u0159sk\u00fdmi krokod\u00fdly na australsk\u00e9m pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed, na p\u0159elomu tis\u00edcilet\u00ed trhal \u017eeb\u0159\u00ed\u010dky sledovanosti. Irwin\u016fv sv\u00e9r\u00e1zn\u00fd projev, jeho osobitost a\u00a0energie – to v\u0161e bylo pro div\u00e1ky velmi popul\u00e1rn\u00ed. I\u00a0neznal\u00e9 oko dok\u00e1zalo rozeznat, \u017ee p\u0159ed nimi o\u00a0fascinuj\u00edc\u00ed \u0159\u00ed\u0161i zv\u00ed\u0159at nep\u0159edn\u00e1\u0161\u00ed dobr\u00fd herec, ale opravdov\u00fd nad\u0161enec.<\/p>\n
Jako n\u016f\u017e m\u00e1slem <\/p>\n
Irwinovo posledn\u00ed nat\u00e1\u010den\u00ed m\u011blo b\u00fdt naprosto rutinn\u00ed. Podobn\u00fdch za celou svou kari\u00e9ru absolvoval stovky a\u00a0tis\u00edce. Bylo 3.\u00a0z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed 2006\u00a0a\u00a0Irwin se nach\u00e1zel na kor\u00e1lov\u00e9m \u00fatesu Batt Reef pobl\u00ed\u017e Port Douglas v\u00a0australsk\u00e9m Queenslandu, kde pr\u00e1v\u011b prob\u00edhalo nat\u00e1\u010den\u00ed dokument\u00e1rn\u00edho po\u0159adu s\u00a0n\u00e1zvem Ocean’s Deadlies (v \u010de\u0161tin\u011b vy\u0161lo roku 2007\u00a0jako Zabij\u00e1ci oce\u00e1nu). P\u0159i jeho posledn\u00edm z\u00e1b\u011bru mu d\u011blal doprovod jeho dlouholet\u00fd p\u0159\u00edtel a\u00a0kolega, kameraman James Lyons.<\/p>\n
Paradoxn\u00ed je, \u017ee ke smrteln\u00e9mu incidentu s\u00a0rejnokem nedo\u0161lo p\u0159\u00edmo b\u011bhem filmov\u00e1n\u00ed n\u011bkter\u00e9ho ze Zabij\u00e1k\u016f, ale b\u011bhem p\u0159est\u00e1vky, kterou si vynutilo nep\u0159\u00edzniv\u00e9 po\u010das\u00ed. Irwin se tehdy rozhodl j\u00edt si za\u0161norchlovat v\u00a0m\u011blk\u00fdch vod\u00e1ch, aby tam po\u0159\u00eddil z\u00e1b\u011bry pro d\u011btsk\u00fd p\u0159\u00edrodov\u011bdn\u00fd film sv\u00e9 osmilet\u00e9 dcery Bindi. Byl velmi rodinn\u011b zalo\u017een\u00fd a\u00a0r\u00e1d zd\u016fraz\u0148oval, jak moc chce p\u0159edat l\u00e1sku k\u00a0p\u0159\u00edrod\u011b i\u00a0sv\u00fdm d\u011btem. Oba jeho potomci (krom\u011b star\u0161\u00ed dcery Bindi m\u011bl Irwin i\u00a0mlad\u0161\u00edho syna Roberta) v\u00a0tomto sm\u011bru skute\u010dn\u011b kr\u00e1\u010deli ve \u0161l\u00e9p\u011bj\u00edch sv\u00e9ho otce a\u00a0ten na n\u011b byl za to nesm\u00edrn\u011b py\u0161n\u00fd. Lehko si domysl\u00edme, jak \u0161\u0165astn\u00fd musel b\u00fdt, kdy\u017e mohl dce\u0159i pomoct s\u00a0podklady pro jej\u00ed vlastn\u00ed film.<\/p>\n
Irwin proplouval vodou, kter\u00e1 mu sahala sotva po hrudn\u00edk, a\u00a0opatrn\u011b se bl\u00ed\u017eil k\u00a0obrovsk\u00e9mu rejnokovi p\u0159ed sebou. Cht\u011bl nato\u010dit, jak odpluje, kdy\u017e se rejnok n\u00e1hle op\u0159el o\u00a0b\u0159icho a\u00a0Irwina n\u011bkolikr\u00e1t prudce bodl ocasem. Mnoho p\u0159\u00edrodov\u011bdc\u016f se pozd\u011bji sna\u017eilo vydedukovat, co p\u0159esn\u011b mohlo vyprovokovat tak m\u00edrumilovn\u00e9 zv\u00ed\u0159e k\u00a0tak agresivn\u00ed reakci. Nejpravd\u011bpodobn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed je, \u017ee rejnok si Irwin\u016fv st\u00edn spletl se \u017eralokem tyg\u0159\u00edm, kter\u00fd je pro n\u011bj v\u00a0t\u011bchto vod\u00e1ch b\u011b\u017en\u00fdm pred\u00e1torem, a\u00a0na m\u011bl\u010din\u011b se c\u00edtil b\u00fdt zatla\u010den do kouta. Irwin v\u00a0prvn\u00ed chv\u00edli po \u00fatoku z\u016fstal p\u0159i v\u011bdom\u00ed a\u00a0vyj\u00e1d\u0159il domn\u011bnku, \u017ee mu rejnok probodl pl\u00edci, skute\u010dnost ale byla daleko hor\u0161\u00ed: jedov\u00fd trn skrz naskrz pronikl srdcem, ze kter\u00e9ho te\u010f Irwin masivn\u011b krv\u00e1cel. <\/p>\n
Foto: Alpha\/Wikimedia Commons\/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic<\/p>\n
Rejnok kr\u00e1tkoocas\u00fd <\/p>\n
\u010clenov\u00e9 pos\u00e1dky, kte\u0159\u00ed z\u016fstali na palub\u011b Irwinova \u010dlunu, poskytli Irwinovi prvn\u00ed pomoc a\u00a0p\u0159ekotn\u011b se ho sna\u017eili dopravit na nedalek\u00fd ostrov Low Island.<\/p>\n
\u201eMysli na sv\u00e9 d\u011bti,\u201c nab\u00e1dal t\u011b\u017ece ran\u011bn\u00e9ho p\u0159\u00edtele kameraman Lyons.<\/p>\n
\u201eUm\u00edr\u00e1m,\u201c odv\u011btil Irwin a\u00a0upadl do bezv\u011bdom\u00ed. Byla to jeho posledn\u00ed slova. Zdravotn\u00edci na ostrov\u011b u\u017e nemohli ud\u011blat nic v\u00edc, ne\u017e ho prohl\u00e1sit za mrtv\u00e9ho.<\/p>\n
Riziko, kter\u00e9 st\u00e1lo za to<\/p>\n
Irwin se p\u0159i sv\u00e9 pr\u00e1ci pochopiteln\u011b \u010dasto dost\u00e1val do situac\u00ed, kter\u00e9 mohly b\u00fdt nejen nep\u0159\u00edjemn\u00e9, ale i\u00a0velmi nebezpe\u010dn\u00e9. On se ale nikdy netv\u00e1\u0159il, \u017ee jeho pr\u00e1ce je bezpe\u010dn\u00e1. Ke zv\u00ed\u0159at\u016fm p\u0159istupoval s\u00a0velk\u00fdm respektem a\u00a0byl si dob\u0159e v\u011bdom v\u0161eho, co obn\u00e1\u0161\u00ed pr\u00e1ce s\u00a0nimi. V\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee kontaktn\u00edm nat\u00e1\u010den\u00edm divok\u00e9 zv\u011b\u0159e riskuje hodn\u011b, a\u00a0v\u011bd\u011bl taky to, \u017ee to riziko chce podstoupit. Necht\u011bl riskovat zbyte\u010dn\u011b, ale pova\u017eoval za spr\u00e1vn\u00e9 se vystavit nebezpe\u010d\u00ed, pokud jde o\u00a0n\u011bco, na \u010dem skute\u010dn\u011b z\u00e1le\u017e\u00ed. Nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00edm z\u00e1jmem Steva Irwina byla ochrana p\u0159\u00edrody, tvrdil ale, \u017ee lid\u00e9 chr\u00e1n\u00ed jen to, co znaj\u00ed a\u00a0maj\u00ed r\u00e1di. V\u011bnoval proto velk\u00e9 \u00fasil\u00ed vzd\u011bl\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed ve\u0159ejnosti, aby p\u0159estavil co nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed d\u00edl p\u0159\u00edrodn\u00edho bohatstv\u00ed co nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edmu okruhu lid\u00ed. Da\u0159ilo se mu to: jen Lovce krokod\u00fdl\u016f vid\u011blo asi 500\u00a0milion\u016f div\u00e1k\u016f po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b. Dok\u00e1zal probudit masov\u00e9 sympatie i\u00a0v\u016f\u010di tvor\u016fm, kte\u0159\u00ed p\u0159edt\u00edm nebyli dvakr\u00e1t obl\u00edben\u00ed, v\u010detn\u011b jeho milovan\u00fdch krokod\u00fdl\u016f mo\u0159sk\u00fdch.<\/p>\n
Video, na kter\u00e9m trn rejnoka jako n\u016f\u017e m\u00e1slem proj\u00ed\u017ed\u00ed t\u011blem obl\u00edben\u00e9ho dobrodruha, nebylo nikdy zve\u0159ejn\u011bno. Pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b jde ale o\u00a0jedinou nahr\u00e1vku, kter\u00e1 zachycuje usmrcen\u00ed \u010dlov\u011bka rejnokem, a\u00a0jeden z\u00a0m\u00e1la zdokumentovan\u00fdch \u00fatok\u016f rejnoka v\u016fbec. Dokument Ocean’s Deadlies byl dokon\u010den a\u00a0vys\u00edl\u00e1n stanic\u00ed Discovery Channel bez p\u0159\u00edm\u00e9ho odkazu na Irwinovu smrt, dopln\u011bn\u00fd jen o\u00a0z\u00e1v\u011bre\u010dnou pocty v\u00a0titulc\u00edch. Irwinova \u017eena i\u00a0ob\u011b d\u011bti pokra\u010duj\u00ed v\u00a0jeho pr\u00e1ci a\u00a0pe\u010duj\u00ed o\u00a0odkaz, kter\u00fd po sob\u011b zanechal. Bindi Irwin pracuje v\u00a0Australia Zoo, kterou kdysi jako \u00fato\u010di\u0161t\u011b pro plazy zalo\u017eili jej\u00ed prarodi\u010de, a\u00a0m\u00e1 velkou v\u00e1\u0161e\u0148 pro je\u017eury. Robert Irwin je profesion\u00e1ln\u00ed fotograf p\u0159\u00edrody a\u00a0pod\u00edl\u00ed se na v\u00fdzkumu ohro\u017een\u00fdch druh\u016f se speci\u00e1ln\u00edm zam\u011b\u0159en\u00edm na krokod\u00fdly mo\u0159sk\u00e9.<\/p>\n
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Foto: Australia Zoo\/Wikimedia Commons\/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 1.0<\/p>\n
Steve a\u00a0Terri Irwinovi se sv\u00fdm p\u0159\u00edtelem, ochr\u00e1ncem p\u0159\u00edrody Wesem Mannionem<\/p>\n
Attard, Lauren: Steve Irwin\u2019s cameraman reveals Crocodile Hunter\u2019s tragic final words, 20\u00a0years on (2.9.2026). nine.com. \u010cteno 3.9.2026<\/p>\n
Callahan, Chrissy: How Did Steve Irwin Die? What His Kids Have Shared About His Legacy (30.9.2025). today.com. \u010cteno 3.9.2026<\/p>\n
Why Steve Irwin is An Exception to Stingray Injuries (8.6.2024). mydragonskin.com. \u010cteno 3.9.2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rejnok kr\u00e1tkoocas\u00fd pat\u0159\u00ed k\u00a0nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edm rejnok\u016fm na sv\u011bt\u011b. Dor\u016fst\u00e1 \u0161\u00ed\u0159ky a\u017e 2,1\u00a0metr\u016f a\u00a0v\u00e1\u017eit m\u016f\u017ee s\u00a0p\u0159ehledem i\u00a0\u010dtvrt tuny. Za norm\u00e1ln\u00edch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[1976,79,1243,650,1445,46206,649,2625,80],"class_list":["post-202411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zabava","tag-ekologie","tag-entertainment","tag-krokodyli","tag-lide","tag-priroda","tag-rejnok","tag-spolecnost","tag-tragicke-nehody","tag-zabava"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/117211784310845240","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}