[kuhewa]

> the demonstrated behavior is completely authentic

But Attempting to cross a body of water is quite a bit different than plunging off a cliff. A rather low-to-the-ground animal has limited information about the width/risk of a water obstacle, but they do know what happens if they walk off a cliff. That's something they encounter in the course of normal daily behaviours required to provision fitness. Faking the cliffwalk because attempting to cross oceans exists is more than a semantic argument.

[jstarfish]

IIRC herds of buffalo would fall off of cliffs because you can't see the cliff ahead of you when you're face-to-ass with the beast in front of you.

Everything I learned as a kid was later proven to be a myth, so what have I ever really known...?