Why do carnivorous/predatory animals seem to sleep more than extremely intelligent animals?

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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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