Hey Buz.
It would be impossible for cows, horses and other animals to leave the ark on rough terrain.
What makes this so farfetched to you? You believe God could've done anything he wished with the animals after the ark came to rest on, well, wherever it came to rest, correct? If not, where must the ark have ended up in order to satisfy all the terrain, dietary, and climatic requirements of every pair of animals?
Low lying tropical rain forest? Penguins, polar bears, arctic wolves are all screwed.
High mountain arid area? Crocodiles, frogs, newts, salamanders, screwed.
Desert? See ya bobcats, cows, gorillas and tigers.
Anywhere
but Australia? Nice knowing you, marsupials.
You see Buz, unless you invoke divine intervention in the form of The Miraculous Redistribution of Post Flood Animals (what would the carnivores have eaten? Plants? You'd need yet more miracles, I guess), the whole story
(again) falls to pieces. So in light of this, what were you saying again about cows' ability to negotiate mountainous terrain?
Have a good one.
Edited by Apothecus, : Speelig
"My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we
can suppose. J.B.S Haldane 1892-1964