When livestock chooses the water: error, feature, or intent?

Speculation stays labeled. I am begging everyone to keep that sentence in their head before replying.

That said, labeled speculation can ask useful questions. Some cases show a route decision that ordinary pasture logic does not explain cleanly. Fence line, slope, waterline, opening, animal memory, whatever. The cow still picked the wet route.

Record the weird part. Do not promote it to doctrine.