Lions, as most large carnivores, spend most of their time resting. They can afford to do this as they are consuming ‘high-energy food’ (meat eaten very quickly after a kill). In contrast all the large herbivores (eg Elephants, Rhinos, Buffalos, Giraffes) must spend most of their time ingesting their ‘low-energy food’ (plant material like grasses and trees).
So Lions may sleep up to 20 hours per day whereas Elephants will sleep as little as 2 hours in the same time frame. Have a good -lazy- weekend!
Technical data: Canon R6 with EF lens f2.8/300mm | ISO 2500 | 1/500sec | f2.8 | ev+0 | 300mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode | Crop to 40% of original image
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