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Why do carnivorous/predatory animals seem to sleep more than extremely intelligent animals? (lemmy.world)

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For example, why do things like domestic cats and dogs seem to nap and sleep for longer than humans or elephants?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I think carnivores only get to eat if they hunt something and tend to evolve in a way where moving around consumes a lot of energy since they need to be big/fast/etc

Dogs are omnivorous and so are we