Michael Rosbash

It was always intriguing that flies had two peaks of activity, in the morning and evening, with a siesta during the day and not very much activity at night. There are several ways to explain that, but one possibility was that there were two clocks running - one governing the morning peak and one governing the evening peak.

American Scientist

Tom Hodgkinson

The siesta provides a delightful detour from the working day and it also has a practical value as far as productivity is concerned. Winston Churchill had a good long siesta every day during the Second World War, and he said it was the thing that enabled him to cope with the pressure.

British Writer

Audrey Tautou

I like the light that comes off metal shutters at siesta time in the summer, having a break from driving in the shops at motorway services, the odour of petrol at petrol stations, rolling down little slopes. I hate it when you tread in a puddle and the water soaks your socks.

French Actress

Sukarno

The sophisticates of Java, the traders of Sumatra, the peasants from the outer islands found no common ground. During siesta time from one to five, the Islamic group met separately, the Nationalist group met separately, the Federalist and Unitarians met separately.

Indonesian Statesman

Greig Fraser

There's a reason why Europeans take siesta in the middle of the day. It's not just because it's hot, but because it doesn't feel good to be outside or look at light when it's coming straight down overhead.

Australian Diplomat

June Whitfield

I've always slept pretty well and aim to get eight hours a night. I try to be in bed by midnight at the very latest. Occasionally I'll have an afternoon siesta if I'm going out in the evening.

English Actress

Thibaut Courtois

Since the first minute, I fell in love with Spain - the people, the way of life, the food. I have kept up the late dinners, the siesta, and most of the television I watch is Spanish.

Belgian Athlete

Originally a Spanish tradition, 'siesta' indicates a cultural practice of resting after lunch.

Cultural Origin

'Siesta' is informal and commonly used in conversations rather than formal writing.

Casual Term

A 'siesta' specifically refers to a rest in the early afternoon, not at other times.

Time of Day

 lots of insects we saw that grasshopper that had landed in that lizard wouldn't be afraid to run to the edge of the water and grab something like that or perhaps it's looking for some flies that have sat down to race for the day that would also be quite good right it seems as though tengan is enjoying a Sunday siesta when will you wake up I'm not

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 continue on seeing if we can find some tracks of this beautiful male leopard and while we do so let's go over to Taylor for an update well you know what the animals just don't want to be seen today they've decided it's Sunday they also want a day off so perhaps it's still Sunday siesta

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 What this suggests is that we may have been designed to sleep in a biphasic pattern, meaning one longer bout of sleep at night and then a short afternoon nap during the day, very much like the siesta cultures around the world. But is napping always a good thing?

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 day or the other night I was still close to my room so I wasn't making any silly moves but I had to tell her you know what this is my territory get out and again as that respect there she knew she was in the wrong and she ran out of that to their siesta because

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 that day so very very small amount of time is actually safe for a sometimes elephants can go 24 hours 48 hours without even having a siesta they'll just go go go and the reason why they have to eat so much is firstly because they're enormous they're the largest

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 Siesta is not just about avoiding the heat of the day. It's actually just as much about embracing the warmth of a family lunch. Now, when we go, fewer and fewer businesses close for siesta, reflecting the advance of global corporations

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 fangs and those gonna inject you like a spoonful of amount of venom one of the snake which has the largest amount of venom is the gaboon viper and let me tell you a story I was done in Congo having my siesta in the afternoon and

Lifesaving Medicines...

 but we're about this recent surveys of the different layers within the cops called ring natgeo its doors to like afternoon in Spain right now guess what everyone there does they have a siesta the siesta

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 They're just so calm and tranquil as well. They're obviously having their rest break, their siesta, after feeding.

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 but they're having a very nice long Sunday siesta