Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Xiang Xiang the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild, in pre release enclosure eating bamboo, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China

Jouan & Rius / Three Grey wolves (Canis lupus) in snow, captive, Bayerischer Wald / Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) one year old infant, western Uganda

Andy Rouse / African leopard (Panthera pardus) sleeping on log, South Africa (non-ex)

Wild Wonders of Europe / Munier / Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) lying in snow, Dovrefjell National Park, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) with pup resting, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pair on beach with wind blowing sand, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK, November 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Arctic fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) resting on a snow drift, early autumn, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic coast, Alaska,, October 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Arctic fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) lying on snow, its coat stained red from feeding on a whale carcass, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic coast, Alaska, October 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Young Arctic fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) curled up resting on a snow drift, changing from its summer to its winter coat, early autumn, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic coast,...

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with two cubs rest on newly formed pack ice, early autumn, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic coast, Beaufort Sea, Alaska, October 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Arctic fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) lying in the snow, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic coast, Alaska, October 2008

Edwin Giesbers / Black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) resting on branch near Canas, Costa Rica

Chris O'Reilly / Four European grey wolves (Canis lupus lupus) resting on snow-laden mound, captive, Boreal birch forest, Nord-Trondelag, Norway, winter

Yukihiro Fukuda / Two Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) one grooming the other resting, South slope of Shodoshima, Japan

Andy Rouse / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) resting by river waiting for salmon, Alaska (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) resting, Mahale NP, Tanzania (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) resting in forest whilst being groomed, Mahale NP, Tanzania (non-ex)

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) resting on rock face, South slope of Shodoshima, Japan

Andy Rouse / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) lying on its back resting, Alaska (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) resting by river, Alaska (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) resting, Mahale NP, Tanzania (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) resting by river, Alaska (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) resting in tree, captive, Chimfunshi Orphanage, Zambia (non-ex)

Piper Mackay / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) baby sititng in tree, Lake Nakuru NP, Kenya

Freya Short / Puma (Felis / Puma concolor) female lying down, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, 2004

Andy Rouse / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) pod in Mara river, Masai Mara, Kenya (non-ex)

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos) lying, Kuhmo, Finland, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos) lying, Kuhmo, Finland, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos) lying on top of buried carcass,Kuhmo, Finland, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / O. Haar / Arctic fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) lying, dark summer phase, Hornstrandir, Iceland, July 2008

Rob Cousins / Man relaxing in hull of traditional Danish Fishing boat, Bristol Floating Harbour, UK. July 2008, Model Released

Rob Cousins / Boat Owners relaxing together on pontoon at Bristol Harbour Festival, August 2008

Rob Cousins / Man relaxing in hull of traditional Danish Fishing boat, Bristol Floating Harbour, UK. July 2008, Model Released

Rob Cousins / Boat Owners relaxing together on pontoon at Bristol Harbour Festival, August 2008

Rob Cousins / Man relaxing in hull of traditional Danish Fishing boat, Bristol Floating Harbour, UK. July 2008, Model Released

Rob Cousins / Man relaxing in hull of traditional Danish Fishing boat, Bristol Floating Harbour, UK. July 2008, Model Released

Jouan & Rius / Australian sealion (Neophoca cinerea) male, Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia.

Thomas Marent / Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) female with baby relaxing on her back, Camp Leaky, Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia

Thomas Marent / Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) female with baby relaxing on her back, Camp Leaky, Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia

Frederique Olivier / Emperor penguin {Aptenodytes forsteri} chicks relaxing in sunshine, grooming, sleeping, resting, Antarctica

Jasper Doest / Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) female relaxing, Svalbard, Norway

Jasper Doest / Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) female relaxing, Svalbard, Norway

Andrew Parkinson / European river otter (Lutra lutra) adult resting amongst seaweed, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK

Jouan & Rius / Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) resting on beach, Queensland, Australia

Rob Cousins / Woman relaxing amongst flowers at a Natural Environment for Business Event at the Avon Wildlife Trust Folly Farm Centre, Somerset, UK. Model released

Inaki Relanzon / Bathers relaxing in The Blue Lagoon, Thermal area and swimming pools on the Reykjanes Peninsula, near Reykjavik, Iceland

Inaki Relanzon / Bathers relaxing in The Blue Lagoon, Thermal area and swimming pools on the Reykjanes Peninsula, near Reykjavik, Iceland

Paul Hobson / Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorrhinus latifrons) relaxing in burrow entrance, Australia, captive

Nick Turner / Horses and riders relaxing outside the Three Horseshoes Pub on a horse-riding holiday, Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, UK, Model released

Nick Turner / Horses and riders relaxing outside the Three Horseshoes Pub on a horse-riding trekking holiday, Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, UK, Model released

Nick Turner / Horses and riders relaxing outside the Three Horseshoes Pub on a horse-riding holiday, Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, UK, Model released

Nick Turner / Horses and riders relaxing outside the Three Horseshoes Pub on a horse-riding holiday, Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, UK, Model released

Nick Turner / Walkers relaxing atbove Llyn y Fan Fach, a glacial cirque, beneath Black Mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales

Nick Turner / Walker relaxing beside Clyn-Gwyn waterfalls, Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales

Nick Turner / Walkers relaxing beside moorland stream, reading map at Llyn y Fan Fach, Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales

Juan Manuel Borrero / Tourists relaxing in the courtyard of the Museum of Marrakech, Morocco December 2007

Steven Kazlowski / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) relaxing on ice on the western Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Steven Kazlowski / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) relaxing on ice on the western Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Steven Kazlowski / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) relaxing on ice on the western Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Steven Kazlowski / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) relaxing on a rocky beach on the western Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Terry Andrewartha / Polar bear {Ursus maritimus} resting in day bed, Hudson bay, Canada

Juergen Freund / Woman relaxing on Broome's Cable Beach, looking out to sea, Western Australia

Roger Powell / Two Puffins {Fratercula arctica} sleeping close together in burrow entance, Caithness, Scotland, UK

Juergen Freund / Tourist relaxing in shallow sea, with people on beach, Philippines

Carol Walker / Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus), lying on the ice and swimming in the water. Paradise Cove, Antarctica

Jose B. Ruiz / Domestic cat {Felis catus} laying on patio, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain

Chris Gomersall / Common seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on a rocky islet. Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. June.

Gary K. Smith / Sheep on Exmoor resting next to drinking pool, Somerset, UK, May

Niall Benvie / Common Seal {Phoca vitulina} at haul out, Islay Argyll, Scotland, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Domestic pig {Sus scrofa domestica} lying down, surrounded by other pigs, Spain

Adrian Davies / Japanese Macaque {Macaca fuscata} adult relaxing in hot thermal pool, Jigokudani, Japan

Pete Oxford / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female relaxing on the branch of a tree. Savuti Channel, Linyanti area, Botswana, Southern Africa

Pete Oxford / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female relaxing on the branch of a tree. Savuti Channel, Linyanti area, Botswana, Southern Africa

Pete Oxford / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female relaxing on the branch of a tree. Savuti Channel, Linyanti area, Botswana, Southern Africa

Pete Oxford / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female relaxing on the branch of a tree. Savuti Channel, Linyanti area, Botswana, Southern Africa

Pete Oxford / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female yawning whilst relaxing on the branch of a tree. Savuti Channel, Linyanti area, Botswana, Southern Africa

Nature Production / Japanese Macaque {Macaca fuscata} relaxing in a hot spring, Jigokudani Spring, Nagano, Japan

Pete Oxford / Hanuman Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) relaxing on tree trunk in Mandore outside of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

David Noton / A hiker's boot; a woman relaxing amongst bluebells, Batcombe, Dorset, England, UK.

David Noton / Relaxing on the beach, Playa Carillo, nr Sumara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

David Kjaer / European river otter {Lutra lutra} lying on back, captive, Norfolk, UK

Barry Bland / New Zealand fur seal {Arctophalus foresteri} sunbathing with paw in air, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Barry Bland / Yellow-eyed penguin {Megadyptes antipodes} resting, Victory Beach, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand

Jeff Vanuga / Cowboy sitting relaxing with horse, Shell, Wyoming, USA

Jeff Vanuga / Climbers relaxing at base camp in preparation for a climbing Grand Teton, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Spotted Hyenas {Crocuta crocuta} muddy and resting, after feeding and wallowing in mud, Masai Mara Conservancy, Kenya

Richard Du Toit / Leopard cub, 2 months old, resting on rock (Panthera pardus) Mala Mala GR, South Africa

John Downer / Hagahai tribal people relaxing by river, discovered in 1985, Shraeder Mountains, Papua New Guinea

John Downer / Hagahai tribal people relaxing by river, discovered in 1985, Shraeder Mountains, Papua New Guinea

George McCarthy / Black Bear {Ursus americanus} relaxing on the edge of a small stream, Alaska, USA

George McCarthy / Black Bear {Ursus americanus} relaxing on the edge of a small stream, Alaska, USA

George McCarthy / Black Bear {Ursus americanus} relaxing on the edge of a small stream, Alaska, USA

Sharon Heald / Tiger {Panthera tigris} stretching, Bandhavgarh National Park, India 2007

Ingo Arndt / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) female laying in grass, South Georgia Island

Patricio Robles Gil / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) resting in grasses, Alaska