A barnacle-crusted adult loggerhead sea turtle has found a safe harbor at our Sea Turtle Healing Center.

Thanks to a new device generously donated to Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center, one of our newest sea turtle patients is on the road to recovery.  

Get ready for an out-of-this-world sea turtle release! Jupiter the sub-adult loggerhead is heading home to the ocean after a nearly 3-month rehabilitation at our Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center.  

Brevard Zoo will be releasing one of its largest loggerhead sea turtle patients 375-plus-pound Bubba back to the ocean after a 3-month rehabilitation at the Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center.

If you’ve been following the content surrounding our Sea Turtle Healing Center for some time, it’s likely you’ve noticed a few hitchhikers on our sea turtle patients’ backs. These clingy, shelled critters are barnacles! But, are barnacles harmful to sea turtles? This answer is…it depends! 

Learn all about McNubbin’s story from Jessica Patterson, our Sea Turtle Healing Center Coordinator. While we are sad to say a temporary goodbye to this turtle-y amazing patient, we can’t wait to see her thrive in a more appropriate facility while her future home is being built.