If you’re coming here from up north or the Midwest, or maybe even California, there are a lot of things that you need to be aware of before you get here. Here are three of those things. Hi, my name is Lance. I am a licensed realtor with mango homes, powered by Keller Williams, Myrtle beach. And today I wanna introduce you to two things that you’ll definitely see in your backyard at some point, which might freak you out. And one thing I hope you don’t see in your backyard, which really will freak you out.
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The first thing I’d like to talk about that you definitely will see in your backyard, and I hope it doesn’t freak you out is the green anole. The green anole is a small lizard. They get up to about six inches long and depending on what part of the beach you’re in, they could pretty much be everywhere in the trees than up in the gutters of your house. It’s it’s funny. I knew I was gonna make this video today and today is the first day that it got above 70 degrees. It’s it’s like spring is trying to spring early. It’s early February here. And, uh, sure enough. I saw one out in the gutters. I got a decent picture of it. As you can see, what might freak you out about at them is that they have the limited ability to camouflage like a chameleon even though they’re not a chameleon, they can change from green to brown, depending on what they’re standing on. And if they’re hunting for bugs or not. Another thing that might freak you out is they have a little red crest that pops out from underneath their chin. And sometimes you’ll see ’em sitting on your lawn furniture outside and they’ll be like bobbing their head up and down and popping out this red thing underneath their chin. What they’re doing is being very territorial and they’re trying to chase off other males. Please don’t let either of these things bug you though, these guys are awesome to have around your house. They are voracious predators of every kind of bug that you don’t want anywhere near your place. Uh, spiders, cockroaches, ants, anything that they can get ahold of, they will eat. And the beautiful thing is, is they are 100% absolutely harmless to human beings. They don’t bite.
The second thing I’d like to talk about that you’re definitely gonna see in your backyard. And I hope doesn’t freak you out. Is the blue tailed ski, the blue tailed ski is a ground dwelling lizard. Whereas the green anole is gonna live up on high is gonna be up in your roof and in the trees, uh, the blue tailed ski is gonna be down on the ground. He’s gonna be, you know, underneath the mulch in your garden, he’s gonna be underneath your flower pots down by the retaining wall. Uh, he hunts low for his food and he is just a voracious predator as the green anole. Now there’s two things that are freaky about him. One is his blue tail. Uh, it looks like a neon blue whip. It’s pretty weird that there is an animal that lives out there that has that color because it looks like a living fishing lure, it’s pretty weird. Number two is these guys actually like to try to get into your house? Uh, they are 100% absolutely harmless. And if one of them does get into your house, just understand that he’s trying to find a warm place or he might be trying to find some food. All you have to do to get him out is to get a large zip lock bag, open it up and put it next to him. Uh, he’ll see you and he’ll freak out and he’ll jump right in the bag and he’ll have absolutely no idea what’s going on. You just take him outside and put him back in the garden. He’ll be good.
And the last thing that I want to talk about that you probably won’t see in your backyard, but definitely would freak you out are yes, alligators. We have alligators here in Myrtle beach, the state newspaper estimates that there is a population of a hundred thousand alligators in South Carolina but to put that into perspective, the population of alligators in Florida is 1.5 million. So you know, it ain’t Florida.
If you own a home anywhere near water, you can expect that at some point, there have been alligators in that water. They actually move around at night, going from pond to pond and stream to stream. You just won’t see ’em you won’t see ’em, they’re too shy. They are better hiding from you than you are at seeing them. If you’re still concerned. Just understand that. Since 1915, there have been only 23 alligator attacks in the entirety of South Carolina. And none of them have happened in Myrtle beach. Why? You ain’t food. They don’t want anything to do with you. Uh, they eat turtles, they eat fish, they eat snakes. They eat other alligators. In fact, there’s a pretty famous clip, uh, not too far from where I live, where, uh, there is a monster alligator that ate another alligator. And the funny thing is when you look at the smaller alligator, and you feel bad for that alligator, that’s getting eaten. Just understand that the alligator that’s getting eaten is six feet long. Oh my God. One word of caution though. Just understand you can’t leave your pets outside at night. If you’re anywhere near water in the summertime, alligators are out at night, pets go, roaming. Pets can disappear. So, uh, keep your dog inside at night. Keep your cat inside at and you’ll have absolutely no problems with your neighbors. If you wanna call ’em that, if you like that, there’s a whole series of these videos that we’re gonna put in a playlist that’s listed right on this screen. And remember whether you’re a buying or selling, go mango!!