Tracking Brody

Brody is an adult male loggerhead sea turtle patient that was found floating offshore of Fort Pierce entangled in fishing line. The line was wrapped around the turtle’s neck, causing a deep constriction wound. Brody also ingested the line, which was embedded into his jaw, extending into his esophagus, and trailing out the cloaca. The entanglement was removed, and the turtle has since passed all of the line extending out of his cloaca. Radiographs revealed mild pneumonia and free air in the turtle’s coelomic cavity, possibly due to a tear in the lung. Upon arrival, Brody was put into freshwater to remove the barnacles, leeches, and other epibiota that covered his body. The turtle received fluids, antibiotics, topical wound treatments, and nebulization treatments, for the constriction wounds, pneumonia, and buoyancy disorder.

Final Update 1/10/2021
Unfortunately, Brody’s tag stopped transmitting on January 6, 2022. Brody was still off the Outer Banks, North Carolina when his last location was received.

Update 12/10/2021
Brody is still off the Outer Banks, North Carolina.

Update 8/24/2021
Brody is still in the area between Kill Devil Hills and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

Update 7/22/2021
Brody has remained in the area between Kill Devil Hills and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina since mid-April.

Update 4/16/2021
Brody spent most of the winter off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina. On March 30, 2021, Brody began swimming north and is now located off of Hatteras, North Carolina.

Update 12/14/2020
Since Brody’s release, he has traveled north along the coastline, reaching the area off of Wilmington, North Carolina on November 15, 2020. This area is a well-known winter foraging ground for loggerhead turtles.

Update 9/30/2020
Brody was released from Juno Beach, Florida on September 30, 2020. Follow along here to see where Brody goes!