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Repticon Charlotte slithers into Cabarrus arena

Danny Steele, with the Repticon staff, holds his 14-15 ft, 140 lb. reticulated python for the Isenhour family, of Concord, to pet. About 40 exhibitors showed and sold lizards, geckos, chameleons, snakes, frogs, sugar gliders, birds and related supplies at the Charlotte Repticon Show at the Cabarrus Arena in Concord on Saturday February 28, 2015.
Danny Steele, with the Repticon staff, holds his 14-15 ft, 140 lb. reticulated python for the Isenhour family, of Concord, to pet. About 40 exhibitors showed and sold lizards, geckos, chameleons, snakes, frogs, sugar gliders, birds and related supplies at the Charlotte Repticon Show at the Cabarrus Arena in Concord on Saturday February 28, 2015. John D. Simmons jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com

Children petted a 140-pound python and held nocturnal, omnivorous sugar gliders at Saturday’s Repticon Charlotte Show at Cabarrus Arena and Events Center in Concord. About 40 exhibitors sold everything from birds to geckos and educated the public about the exotic animals.

This story was originally published February 28, 2015 at 5:06 PM with the headline "Repticon Charlotte slithers into Cabarrus arena."

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