OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nearly $18,000 worth of snakes and feeding rats have been stolen from an exotic pet store in Omaha.
Surveillance video shows a burglary being committed at Bart’s Exotic Pets early Friday. The intruder collected eight ball pythons, including one valued at $5,000, in a little more than a minute and a half.
The suspect also stole $1,500 in frozen rats.
Store owner Don Everson says he believes the thief is a former customer. He intends to press charges.
Everson says the ball python is a constrictor snake found in sub-Saharan Africa. Growing from 3 to 5 feet, it’s the smallest of the African pythons and is popular in the pet trade because of its typically docile temperament.