Portal:Oceans/Facts/5

• The color of the sea snail Simnia spelta varies, but when it grazes on the white gorgonian it mimics the twigs.

• A sculpture of the god Neptune on one of the parapets of the University of Washington's Gerberding Hall represents the academic disciplines of oceanography and fisheries science.

• After sinking the British ocean liner SS Dwinsk in June 1918, the German submarine U-151 remained in the area and used the survivors in seven lifeboats as a lure in order to try and sink additional Allied ships.