Cold-Blooded Thieves

[jeffrey]

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Thieves broke into the Lowcountry Reptile and Amphibian Expo in Ladson over the weekend and got away with loads of slithering and shelled creatures.

They made off with up to $40,000 in cold-blooded animals, including a couple of tri-colored hognose snakes, two albino Burmese pythons and four baby western pond tortoises worth $300 each.

"I'm thinking these people knew something about turtles," said George Ullman, owner of Turtle World in Arcadia, Fla.. He said thieves robbed him and his wife of as many as 60 turtles, including four hatchling pancake turtles that sell for $450 each. Ullman estimated his stolen turtles were worth at least $11,000...