Each male defends a small part of the sandy bottom from his competition and attempts to lure a female.
This month perhaps the postcard-perfect sandy beaches will face some competition from the treasures of a distant and far more legendary place by the sea.
In late 2012, President Obama's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force created the Rebuild By Design competition, to promote and develop innovative projects that enhance climate security while also improving the quality of everyday life.
The initiative is modeled after HUD's Rebuild by Design competition, launched in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
With Carlos Acosta as ambassador (a role as yet undefined beyond its publicity value), the panel judging the competition's final will include Tamara Rojo, Wayne McGregor, Matthew Bourne, Akram Khan and Kenrick "H2O" Sandy; and even the early rounds of the competition are to be judged by serious figures such as David Nixon, Seeta Patel and Sharon Watson.
But mostly the Sharks have been sandy-haired battlers with hands like feet, a team the competition rarely needed to worry about it, a team simply making up the numbers.
Trevin Hunte "When A Man Loves A Woman," Percy Sledge Team Cee Lo Trevin tells us that Hurricane Sandy destroyed his mom's house in Queens, so he wants to win the competition to buy back everything she lost.
Post-Sandy, a range of new initiatives, tools, policies, governance frameworks and incentives are being tested, including competition processes like Rebuild by Design.
Despite enormous competition from online retailers, and though the store was closed for weeks in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Bank Square Book Store has remained a vital resource for book lovers in the community.
