***They do a low, gutteral bellering, hold their heads low and make strange noises,***
A friend of mine killed a cow for beef. He shot her, cut her throat and butchered her in the pasture.
Four months later he released new cows into that pasture. When the cows passed the spot where he had butchered the cow they immediately went into this panic mode with low bellering and pawing the ground where the cow had been bled out.
Yes, there is a spiritual awareness animals have that we humans have been programmed to no longer receive, IMHO.
Ya it’s a weird deal...
They definitely have a sense that something transitional has occurred.