Disney’s cartoon character slept 24 hours a days. Our Lions manage almost as much. If they have a full belly from a good meal they can easily sleep up to 20 hours per day.
Like most carnivores (meat eaters) they are able to ingest huge amounts of meat very quickly. A male Lion can eat around 40kg (~90lbs) of meat from one kill. With such a full stomach they rest and only get up to drink lots of water and urinate/dedicate as needed.
But one should not be fooled. Their sleep is not deep and if anything disturbs them they are up in seconds, ready to defend themselves, run away, or kill a prey animal if it ventures too close to them.
This picture shows a young Thanda Safari male Lion resting on a recently burned area with the new grass sprouting after the recent rains.
Technical data: Canon R6 with EF lens f2.8/70-200mm | ISO 800 | 1/500sec | f2.8 | ev+0 | 150mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode | Crop to 80% of original image | hand-held on eye level
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