And - here's a thing - they move around.
Isn't it slightly suspect to use a small number of Google Earth images as data points, instead of testing the hypothesis with real animals?
I think I'll need to be more convinced that there's data to be explained first. You can't tell the weather or ambient temperature from Google Maps with any reliability, so it all sounds a little unlikely.
It's hard work for a cow to raise its head to the 40-50 degrees above the horizon needed to look straight into the sun, and even harder work to hold that position. (Assuming there's sun to be seen, which in the UK, there usually isn't.)
And now, I will leave the commas in peace and get on with some work.
oh yeh, and energy.... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
I don't like staring into the sun, personally. Do cows?
Only when they wear sunglasses. "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
Maybe German cows have a better sense of direction? (And style.)