Jabruson / Mountain gorilla juvenile resting {Gorilla g beringei} Virunga NP, Rwanda group

Jabruson / Silverback mature male Mountain Gorilla, Virunga NP, DR Congo (formerly Zaire) resting midday siesta

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla silverback male 'Salaama' enjoying mid-day siesta, Virunga NP, DR Congo (formerely Zaire)

LYNN M. STONE / Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) standing on limestock rocks covered with algae; Siesta Key, Sarasota, Florida, USA.

Tui De Roy / Volcan Alcedo giant tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra vandenburghi) having a noon siesta, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Anup Shah / Banded mongoose {Mungos mungo} group sleeping, afternoon siesta, Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda

LYNN M. STONE / Beachcombers and gulls on Siesta Key beach after storm, Florida, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Shell deposits on beach after storm, Siesta Key, Florida, USA

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla juvenile resting {Gorilla g beringei} Virunga NP, Rwanda

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla juvenile resting during group siesta period, Parc des Volcans, Rwanda